🇪🇸 Spanish

tribunal

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masculine

el tribunal

court

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tribunal
/el tɾibuˈnal/
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How do you say tribunal in Spanish?

IPA
/el tɾibuˈnal/

How do you pronounce tribunal in Spanish?

tribunal is pronounced /el tɾibuˈnal/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El tribunal español ha dictado una sentencia importante.

The Spanish court has issued an important ruling.

El tribunal competente debe resolver este caso complejo.

The competent court must resolve this complex case.

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Why is it masculine?

Tribunal is masculine in Spanish because it derives from the Latin "tribunāl," which was itself masculine, coming from "tribūnus" (tribune, a Roman magistrate), and this grammatical gender was preserved through the Romance language evolution. The masculine form persisted despite the "-al" ending, which in Spanish can attach to either gender.

What is the Spanish word for court?

The Spanish word for court is el tribunal — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchtribunallemasculine
🇮🇹 Italiantribunaleilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesetribunalomasculine

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