software
software
noun SOHFT-wehr Less Common
Origin: English loanword, adopted into Spanish unchanged.
Usage Note
Software is used unchanged in Spanish and is masculine (el software); the RAE recommends writing it in italics as a foreign word, or using Spanish equivalents like programas. Its counterpart is hardware (el hardware), and both are invariable in the plural (los software).
Examples
"El software de la empresa necesita una actualización."
Natural Translation
The company's software needs an update.
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