🇪🇸 Spanish

animales

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Animales is masculine in Spanish. The article is los, so the full form is los animales ("animals").

MASCULINE

animales is the plural of animal

los animales — animals

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animales
/los aniˈmales/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say animales in Spanish?

IPA
/los aniˈmales/

How do you pronounce animales in Spanish?

animales is pronounced /los aniˈmales/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El animal corre por el parque.

The animal runs through the park.

Cada animal tiene su propio hábitat.

Every animal has its own habitat.

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Why is it masculine?

Animal is masculine in Spanish because it preserves the grammatical gender of its Latin ancestor animal (neuter, which merged with masculine in Romance languages). Masculine animal is the default when the animal's sex is unknown or generic.

What is the Spanish word for animals?

The Spanish word for animals is los animales — masculine.

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