🇪🇸 Spanish

acueductos

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masculine

los acueductos

aqueducts

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acueductos
/los akweˈðuktos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say acueductos in Spanish?

IPA
/los akweˈðuktos/

How do you pronounce acueductos in Spanish?

acueductos is pronounced /los akweˈðuktos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El acueducto romano era muy antiguo y majestuoso.

The Roman aqueduct was very ancient and majestic.

El acueducto histórico fue restaurado completamente por los arqueólogos expertos.

The historic aqueduct was completely restored by expert archaeologists.

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Why is it masculine?

Acueductos is masculine because it derives from Latin "aquaeductus" (from "aqua" + "ducere"), where the suffix "-ductus" is inherently masculine in Latin grammatical gender, a gender that Spanish preserved when the word entered the language. The masculine form persisted even though Spanish's "-ducto" suffix doesn't consistently determine gender in modern Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for aqueducts?

The Spanish word for aqueducts is los acueductos — masculine.

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