🇪🇸 Spanish

arenas

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

las arenas

sands

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arenas
/las aˈɾenas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say arenas in Spanish?

IPA
/las aˈɾenas/

How do you pronounce arenas in Spanish?

arenas is pronounced /las aˈɾenas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La arena blanca de esta playa es muy fina y suave.

The white sand of this beach is very fine and soft.

Mi hija pequeña jugaba en la arena mojada cerca del agua.

My little daughter was playing in the wet sand near the water.

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Why is it feminine?

Arenas is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "arena" (sand), which was already feminine in Latin, following the first declension pattern of Latin nouns ending in -a that were typically assigned feminine gender. This gender assignment was preserved when the word evolved into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for sands?

The Spanish word for sands is las arenas — feminine.

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