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la abeja
bee
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How do you say abeja in Spanish?
How do you pronounce abeja in Spanish?
abeja is pronounced /la aˈβexa/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La abeja reina es más grande y vive más años que las otras abejas de la colmena.
The queen bee is larger and lives more years than the other bees in the hive.
Una abeja trabajadora regresa a su colmena cargada de polen amarillo.
A worker bee returns to her hive loaded with yellow pollen.
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Why is it feminine?
Abeja is feminine because it derives from Latin "apicula," the diminutive form of "apis" (bee). Latin diminutives ending in "-cula" were grammatically feminine, and this gender was preserved when the word evolved into Spanish "abeja." In modern Spanish, words ending in "-a" are typically feminine, which reinforces the feminine gender of this word.
What is the Spanish word for bee?
The Spanish word for bee is la abeja — feminine.
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