🇪🇸 Spanish

ambulancias

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feminine

las ambulancias

ambulances

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ambulancias
/las ambuˈlanθjas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ambulancias in Spanish?

IPA
/las ambuˈlanθjas/

How do you pronounce ambulancias in Spanish?

ambulancias is pronounced /las ambuˈlanθjas/ 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?

Ambulancias 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 ambulances?

The Spanish word for ambulances is las ambulancias — feminine.

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