🇪🇸 espagnol

mariposa

feminine

la mariposa

butterfly

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mariposa
/la maɾiˈposa/
← masculine feminine →

Comment dit-on mariposa en espagnol ?

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/la maɾiˈposa/

How do you pronounce mariposa in espagnol?

mariposa is pronounced /la maɾiˈposa/ in espagnol.

Exemples de phrases

La mariposa azul es muy hermosa y delicada.

The blue butterfly is very beautiful and delicate.

Esta mariposa amarilla volaba gracefully alrededor de las flores.

This yellow butterfly was flying gracefully around the flowers.

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Pourquoi est-ce feminine ?

Mariposa is feminine. While the etymology is uncertain, the most widely accepted theory derives from Latin "marinus" (of the sea) + "posa" (possibly related to "pausare," to rest), literally meaning "sea-rester." The feminine gender follows the productive Spanish pattern where adjectives and nouns ending in "-osa" are typically feminine, as in "hermosa" (beautiful, feminine), "cosa" (thing), and "maestra" derivatives. The gender is primarily a grammatical convention tied to the "-osa" suffix rather than semantic motivation.

Comment dit-on butterfly en espagnol ?

En espagnol, butterfly se dit la mariposa — feminine.

Genre selon les langues

LangueMotArticleGenre
🇫🇷 Frenchpapillon flips!lemasculine
🇮🇹 Italianfarfallalafeminine
🇵🇹 Portugueseborboletaafeminine

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