Accordtúnel
el túnel
tunnel
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How do you say túnel in Spanish?
How do you pronounce túnel in Spanish?
túnel is pronounced /el ˈtunel/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El túnel oscuro fue construido hace cien años y todavía está en buen estado.
The dark tunnel was built a hundred years ago and is still in good condition.
Ese túnel largo conecta las dos ciudades, pero el nuevo túnel será más corto.
That long tunnel connects the two cities, but the new tunnel will be shorter.
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Why is it masculine?
Túnel is masculine. As a loanword from French "tunnel," it was adopted into Spanish with masculine gender. While words ending in -el in Spanish are typically masculine (e.g., "papel," "hotel," "pastel"), this pattern alone does not fully explain the gender assignment of loanwords. The masculine gender was inherited through the French borrowing process, where French "tunnel" is also masculine. Spanish typically preserves the gender of Romance language loanwords, making the masculine gender a natural result of the borrowing pattern rather than a true exception.
What is the Spanish word for tunnel?
The Spanish word for tunnel is el túnel — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | túnel | o | masculine |
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