género
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Aragonese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin generis.
Pronunciation
Noun
género m
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin generis.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: gé‧ne‧ro
Noun
género m (plural géneros) (European spelling)
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Spanish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin generis
Pronunciation
Noun
género m (plural géneros)
- (classification) kind
- (music, film, theater, television, literature) genre
- (taxonomy) genus
- Synonym: (abbreviation) gén.
- (biology) gender, sex
- (grammar) gender
- produce, merchandise
- (clothing) cloth, material (woven fabric)
- Synonym: tela
- 1877, Benito Pérez Galdós, Gloria:
- -Ya, es el Plantagenet -dijo un forastero que a la sazón se encontraba allí-. He visto este vapor la semana pasada atracado a los muelles de Manzanedo descargando géneros ingleses.
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Further reading
- “género”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014