🇪🇸 Spanish

vidrio

masculine

el vidrio

glass

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vidrio
/el ˈbiðɾjo/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vidrio in Spanish?

IPA
/el ˈbiðɾjo/

How do you pronounce vidrio in Spanish?

vidrio is pronounced /el ˈbiðɾjo/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El vidrio roto cortó mi mano cuando lo recogí del piso.

The broken glass cut my hand when I picked it up from the floor.

El vidrio azul oscuro que compré ayer es muy hermoso y transparente.

The dark blue glass that I bought yesterday is very beautiful and transparent.

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Why is it masculine?

Vidrio is masculine because it derives from Latin "vitrum," which was a neuter noun, but when Romance languages evolved, many Latin neuter nouns were reassigned to the masculine gender, and "vitrum" became masculine "vidrio" in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for glass?

The Spanish word for glass is el vidrio — masculine.

Gender across languages

LanguageWordArticleGender
🇫🇷 Frenchverrelemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianvetroilmasculine
🇵🇹 Portuguesevidroomasculine

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