🇪🇸 Spanish

ángeles

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masculine

los ángeles

angels

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ángeles
/los ˈaŋxeles/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ángeles in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈaŋxeles/

How do you pronounce ángeles in Spanish?

ángeles is pronounced /los ˈaŋxeles/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El ángel guardián protegió al niño durante toda la noche.

The guardian angel protected the boy throughout the night.

Un ángel hermoso apareció en el sueño del anciano.

A beautiful angel appeared in the old man's dream.

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Why is it masculine?

Ángeles is masculine because it derives from Latin "angelus," which was grammatically masculine, a borrowing from Greek "angelos" (messenger) that retained the masculine gender when adopted into Romance languages. Spanish maintained this gender assignment from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for angels?

The Spanish word for angels is los ángeles — masculine.

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