A cubo has square faces; a esfera is a round solid. A circle is flat, so it is not the same as a sphere.
La pirámide is feminine. Most of the other solid-shape names in this step are masculine.
la esferasphere · lah ehs-FEH-rah
el cubocube · el KOO-boh
el cilindrocylinder · el see-LEEN-droh
el conocone · el KOH-noh
la pirámidepyramid · lah pee-RAH-mee-deh
el prismaprism · el PREES-mah
el hemisferiohemisphere (geometry) · el eh-mees-FEH-ryoh
el poliedropolyhedron · el poh-LYEH-droh
Spanish geometry words for shape features
El lado is a side of a flat figure; la arista is an edge of a solid. El vértice is a vertex where sides or edges meet.
A radius reaches from a circle’s center to its boundary; a diameter crosses the center from one side to the other.
el ladoside (geometry) · el LAH-doh
el vérticevertex · el BEHR-tee-seh
la aristaedge (solid geometry) · lah ah-REES-tah
el ánguloangle · el AHN-goo-loh
el radioradius · el RRAH-dyoh
el diámetrodiameter · el DYAH-meh-troh
el perímetroperimeter · el peh-REE-meh-troh
el áreaarea · el AH-reh-ah
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Shapes in Spanish: full list
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Quick answer:circle is el círculo, square is el cuadrado, triangle is el triángulo, rectangle is el rectángulo, oval is el óvalo, rhombus is el rombo, pentagon is el pentágono, hexagon is el hexágono, and octagon is el octágono.
