🇪🇸 Spanish

suelo

masculine

el suelo

floor

Try it

suelo
/el ˈswelo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say suelo in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈswelo/

How do you pronounce suelo in Spanish?

suelo is pronounced /el ˈswelo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El suelo mojado es peligroso porque es resbaladizo.

The wet floor is dangerous because it is slippery.

El suelo fértil de esta región es excelente para cultivar maíz.

The fertile soil of this region is excellent for growing corn.

Swipe suelo in Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store

Why is it masculine?

Suelo is masculine because it derives from Latin "solum" (ground/soil), which was a neuter noun in Latin but shifted to masculine gender in Spanish during the language's evolution from Vulgar Latin. This gender shift occurred in many Latin neuter nouns that ended in -um, which typically became masculine in Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for floor?

The Spanish word for floor is el suelo — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchétagel'masculine
🇮🇹 Italianpavimentoilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portugueseandaromasculine

Practice with Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store