🇪🇸 Spanish

bahías

feminine

las bahías

bays

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bahías
/las baˈias/
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How do you say bahías in Spanish?

IPA
/las baˈias/

How do you pronounce bahías in Spanish?

bahías is pronounced /las baˈias/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La bahía tranquila que visitamos el verano pasado era perfecta para navegar.

The calm bay that we visited last summer was perfect for sailing.

Esta bahía profunda y protegida es ideal para anclar barcos grandes.

This deep and protected bay is ideal for anchoring large boats.

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Why is it feminine?

Bahías is feminine because it ends in "-ía", following the productive pattern of Spanish feminine nouns ending in "-ia" or "-ía" (like "vía", "familia", "compañía"). The word derives from Latin "bahia", which was influenced by Greek "baía", and feminine nouns ending in "-ia" in Latin were regularly inherited as feminine in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for bays?

The Spanish word for bays is las bahías — feminine.

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