🇪🇸 Spanish

síntoma

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masculine

el síntoma

symptom

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síntoma
/el ˈsintoma/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say síntoma in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈsintoma/

How do you pronounce síntoma in Spanish?

síntoma is pronounced /el ˈsintoma/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El síntoma principal que experimenté fue la fiebre alta.

The main symptom that I experienced was high fever.

El síntoma más evidente del paciente es su tos persistente.

The most evident symptom of the patient is his persistent cough.

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Why is it masculine?

Síntoma is masculine because it derives from Latin "symptoma," which itself comes from Greek "sýmptōma" (σύμπτωμα), and this Greek neuter noun was treated as masculine when adopted into Spanish, following the pattern where many Greek-origin words ending in "-ma" became masculine in Romance languages rather than retaining neuter gender.

What is the Spanish word for symptom?

The Spanish word for symptom is el síntoma — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchsymptômelemasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesesintomaomasculine

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