[el] aria
/el ˈaɾja/word by wordfeminine
The Spanish word for 'aria' is aria.
aria refers to a specific type of musical piece.
Meaning: type of musical piece (noun)
How do you pronounce it?
/el ˈaɾja/
Did you know?
- In Spanish, the musical term aria is technically feminine, but we use the masculine article el to prevent the 'a' sounds from clashing and sounding unpleasant.
- The Spanish word aria traces its lineage back to the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂ews-, which originally described the dawn.
- The word aria is an example of a 'cultismo', a word borrowed directly from a literary or artistic language like Italian rather than evolving naturally from Vulgar Latin.
Example sentences for Spanish are not verified yet.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “aria” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- IPA marked “word by word” joins the Wiktionary pronunciations of each word (el, aria) and can differ in connected speech.
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries aria, CC BY-SA 4.0.
