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Ambulancia is feminine in Spanish. The article is la, so the full form is la ambulancia ("ambulance").
FEMININEla ambulancia
ambulance
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How do you say ambulancia in Spanish?
How do you pronounce ambulancia in Spanish?
ambulancia is pronounced /la ambuˈlanθja/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La ambulancia roja llegó rápidamente al hospital con la paciente grave.
The red ambulance arrived quickly at the hospital with the seriously ill patient.
Esa ambulancia moderna es muy eficiente porque tiene equipos médicos avanzados.
That modern ambulance is very efficient because it has advanced medical equipment.
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Why is it feminine?
Ambulancia is feminine because it derives from the Latin "ambulantia" (derived from "ambulare," to walk), and Latin nouns ending in "-antia" are feminine; this feminine gender was retained when the word entered Spanish. The term originally referred to a mobile medical unit that "walked" from place to place during military campaigns.
What is the Spanish word for ambulance?
The Spanish word for ambulance is la ambulancia — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italian | ambulanza | l' | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | ambulância | a | feminine |
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