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el valle
valley
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How do you say valle in Spanish?
How do you pronounce valle in Spanish?
valle is pronounced /el ˈbaʎe/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El valle profundo está rodeado de montañas altas.
The deep valley is surrounded by tall mountains.
Ese valle fértil produce el mejor vino de la región.
That fertile valley produces the best wine in the region.
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Why is it masculine?
Valle is masculine. While it does derive from Latin "vallis" (which was feminine), the explanation of the regendering process is oversimplified and misleading. In reality, "valle" is masculine in Spanish primarily because the -e ending in Spanish typically signals masculine gender, and this pattern was generalized during the evolution from Latin to Spanish. However, the claim that "many Latin feminine nouns ending in '-is' were regendered as masculine" is not well-supported—this was not a systematic or predictable pattern. A clearer explanation is that "valle" became masculine by analogy with other masculine nouns ending in -e, though the etymology from Latin "vallis" is accurate.
What is the Spanish word for valley?
The Spanish word for valley is el valle — masculine.
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