🇪🇸 Spanish

vaso

masculine

el vaso

glass

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vaso
/el ˈbaso/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vaso in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈbaso/

How do you pronounce vaso in Spanish?

vaso is pronounced /el ˈbaso/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El vaso rojo está lleno de agua fría.

The red glass is full of cold water.

Ese vaso antiguo es muy valioso para el museo.

That antique glass is very valuable for the museum.

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Why is it masculine?

Vaso is masculine because it derives from the Latin "vāsum," which was a neuter noun in classical Latin but became masculine in Romance languages as Latin's neuter gender collapsed and many neuter nouns were reassigned to the masculine gender.

What is the Spanish word for glass?

The Spanish word for glass is el vaso — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchverrelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianvetroilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevidroomasculine

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