It’s pretty easy to learn the names of shapes in Spanish as most of them are similar to their English equivalent. In this lesson, we will learn how to say names of shapes in Spanish. Together with colors in Spanish, this is also one of the very first topics for any language beginners. Let’s find out!
Names of shapes in Spanish
- Shape – Forma/Figura
- Shapes – Las formas
- Circle – El círculo
- Square - Cuadrado
- Triangle - El triangulo
- Rectangle – El rectángulo
- Oval – El ovalo
- Heart - Corazón
- Star – La estrella
- Diamond/Rhombus – El diamante/Rombo
- Pentagon - Pentágono
- Crescent – Medialuna
- Pyramid - La pirámide
- Cube - El cubo
- Hexagon - El hexagono
- Octagon - El octogono
Examples:
Triangles are my favorite shape - El triángulo es mi forma favorita
What shape is it? - ¿Qué forma tiene? / ¿de qué forma es?
Note:
- Most of the Spanish words for shapes above are masculine nouns. They would be preceded by the masculine indefinite article “un” except for “estrella” (star). Estrella is feminine so its indefinite article is “una”.
See gender of nouns in Spanish for more information.
For example: ¿Te recuerdas de esa canción sobre pedirle un deseo a una estrella? - Do you remember that song about wishing upon a star?
- If you want to talk about the shape of something, you could say” Tiene la forma de un/una___." which literally means “It has the shape of a____.” or "Es de forma____."
For example: It is rectangular in shape - Es de forma rectangular.
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