🇪🇸 Spanish

teatro

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

el teatro

theater

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teatro
/el teˈatɾo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say teatro in Spanish?

IPA
/el teˈatɾo/

How do you pronounce teatro in Spanish?

teatro is pronounced /el teˈatɾo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El teatro antiguo fue restaurado completamente el año pasado.

The old theater was completely restored last year.

El teatro moderno presenta obras innovadoras y experimental.

The modern theater presents innovative and experimental works.

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Why is it masculine?

Teatro is masculine because it derives from Latin "theatrum," which was a masculine noun in Latin and retained its grammatical gender when borrowed into Spanish. The masculine form persisted through phonetic evolution as Latin words ending in "-um" typically became masculine nouns ending in "-o" in Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for theater?

The Spanish word for theater is el teatro — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchthéâtrelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianteatroilmasculine

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