🇪🇸 Spanish

victoria

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feminine

la victoria

victory

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victoria
/la bikˈtoɾja/
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How do you say victoria in Spanish?

IPA
/la bikˈtoɾja/

How do you pronounce victoria in Spanish?

victoria is pronounced /la bikˈtoɾja/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La victoria inesperada del equipo local fue celebrada por toda la ciudad.

The unexpected victory of the local team was celebrated by the entire city.

Después de la batalla, la victoria militar fue declarada oficial por el general.

After the battle, the military victory was declared official by the general.

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Why is it feminine?

Victoria is feminine in Spanish because it derives from the Latin feminine noun *victoria* (meaning victory), which inherited the feminine gender from Latin's grammatical gender system where abstract nouns of this type were typically feminine. The word remained feminine when Romance languages evolved from Latin, following the same gender pattern as other Latin feminine nouns ending in *-ia*.

What is the Spanish word for victory?

The Spanish word for victory is la victoria — feminine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchvictoirelafeminine
🇮🇹 Italianvittorialafeminine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevitóriaafeminine

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