🇪🇸 Spanish

tarea

feminine

la tarea

task

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tarea
/la taˈɾea/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say tarea in Spanish?

IPA
/la taˈɾea/

How do you pronounce tarea in Spanish?

tarea is pronounced /la taˈɾea/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La tarea difícil que me asignó la profesora requiere mucha investigación.

The difficult task that the teacher assigned me requires a lot of research.

Esa tarea obligatoria es muy importante para mi calificación final.

That mandatory task is very important for my final grade.

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Why is it feminine?

Tarea is feminine because it ends in "-a", which is the most common feminine ending in Spanish. This pattern was inherited from Latin, where most nouns ending in "-a" were feminine (first declension). The word derives from Latin "tarea," though the Arabic etymology is uncertain and debated among scholars.

What is the Spanish word for task?

The Spanish word for task is la tarea — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtâchelafeminine

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