otoño

/oˈtoɲo/ · B1 · noun · m

fall

🍂 otoño and autumn are twins: both come from Latin autumnus

Say the two words side by side: au-TUM-nus became o-TOÑ-o in Spanish. The mn sound turned into ñ, just as Latin somnus (sleep) became sueño. It is masculine: el otoño.

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