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el semáforo
traffic light
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How do you say semáforo in Spanish?
How do you pronounce semáforo in Spanish?
semáforo is pronounced /el seˈmafoɾo/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El semáforo rojo está dañado y necesita reparación urgente.
The red traffic light is broken and needs urgent repair.
Ese semáforo nuevo es muy moderno porque tiene un sistema inteligente.
That new traffic light is very modern because it has an intelligent system.
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Why is it masculine?
Semáforo is masculine because it derives from Greek "sema" (sign) + "phoros" (bearer/carrier), and the Spanish word inherited the masculine gender from Latin "semaphorus," which treated compound words ending in "-phorus" as masculine nouns. Like many technical terms borrowed through Latin from Greek, it naturally took masculine gender as the default for such formations.
What is the Spanish word for traffic light?
The Spanish word for traffic light is el semáforo — masculine.
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