🇪🇸 Spanish

sobre

masculine

el sobre

envelope

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sobre
/el ˈsoβɾe/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sobre in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈsoβɾe/

How do you pronounce sobre in Spanish?

sobre is pronounced /el ˈsoβɾe/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El sobre blanco contiene documentos importantes que no debo perder.

The white envelope contains important documents that I must not lose.

He recibido un sobre cerrado y misterioso que me dejó muy confundido.

I received a closed and mysterious envelope that left me very confused.

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Why is it masculine?

Sobre (meaning "envelope" or "over") is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "supra" (an adverb/preposition meaning "above" or "over"), the masculine gender is not inherited from "supra" itself, but rather from the noun "sobre" developing as a masculine noun in Spanish, likely influenced by the masculine articles and adjectives that typically accompany it in usage patterns.

What is the Spanish word for envelope?

The Spanish word for envelope is el sobre — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchenveloppe flips!l'feminine
🇮🇹 Italianbusta flips!lafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseenvelopeomasculine

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