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Estante is masculine in Spanish. The article is el, so the full form is el estante ("shelf").
MASCULINEel estante
shelf
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How do you say estante in Spanish?
How do you pronounce estante in Spanish?
estante is pronounced /el esˈtante/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El estante antiguo que heredé de mi abuelo está lleno de libros raros.
The antique shelf that I inherited from my grandfather is full of rare books.
Este estante nuevo es demasiado pequeño para todos mis cuadernos escolares.
This new shelf is too small for all my school notebooks.
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Why is it masculine?
Estante is masculine. While it does derive from Latin roots related to "stans" (standing), Spanish gender assignment for nouns ending in "-ante" is not determined by Latin gender inheritance in a straightforward way. The word is masculine by convention in Spanish, like most nouns ending in "-ante" (estudiante, comerciante, etc.), though this ending can be used for both masculine and feminine nouns depending on context and agreement with articles.
What is the Spanish word for shelf?
The Spanish word for shelf is el estante — masculine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | étagère flips! | l' | feminine |
| 🇮🇹 Italian | scaffale | lo | masculine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | prateleira flips! | a | feminine |
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