How to Say "hectare" in Spanish
The Spanish word for “hectare” is “hectárea” — B1 level.
Examples
Mi abuelo tiene una pequeña granja de una hectárea.
My grandfather has a small farm of one hectare.
El incendio forestal quemó más de quinientas hectáreas.
The forest fire burned more than five hundred hectares.
Para construir el centro comercial, compraron tres hectáreas de terreno.
To build the shopping center, they bought three hectares of land.
Always Feminine
Even though it starts with an 'h', we always say 'la hectárea' or 'una hectárea'. The stress is on the 'tá' sound, so it doesn't follow the special 'el' rule that words like 'agua' do.
Silent H
Just like most Spanish words starting with 'h', the 'h' in hectárea is completely silent. Start the sound directly with the 'e'.
Gender confusion
Mistake: “El hectárea”
Correction: La hectárea. Because the stress is on the middle of the word (hec-TÁ-re-a), you don't need to change 'la' to 'el' for sound reasons.
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