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el sobrino
nephew
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How do you say sobrino in Spanish?
How do you pronounce sobrino in Spanish?
sobrino is pronounced /el soˈβɾino/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El sobrino mayor de mi hermana es ingeniero talentoso.
My sister's older nephew is a talented engineer.
Mi sobrino pequeño está muy orgulloso de su primer día en la escuela.
My young nephew is very proud of his first day at school.
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Why is it masculine?
Sobrino is masculine because it derives from Latin "sobrinus," which was the masculine form used for a nephew, ultimately from "soror" (sister), and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender from the Latin etymon. The feminine form "sobrina" was created by applying the regular Spanish feminine suffix "-a" to the masculine root.
What is the Spanish word for nephew?
The Spanish word for nephew is el sobrino — masculine.
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