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banderas

Banderas is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las banderas ("flags").

FEMININE

banderas is the plural of bandera

las banderas — flags

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banderas
/las banˈdeɾas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say banderas in Spanish?

IPA
/las banˈdeɾas/

How do you pronounce banderas in Spanish?

banderas is pronounced /las banˈdeɾas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La bandera roja ondea orgullosamente en la plaza principal.

The red flag waves proudly in the main square.

Esta bandera histórica es muy antigua y valiosa para nuestra nación.

This historic flag is very old and valuable to our nation.

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Why is it feminine?

Banderas is feminine because it ends in "-a", following the productive Spanish pattern where most nouns ending in "-a" are feminine. While the word does derive from Latin "banderia" (feminine), the gender is most directly explained by the regular Spanish morphological pattern rather than requiring detailed Latin etymological justification. Spanish learners can reliably apply the "-a" ending rule to predict that "bandera" is feminine.

What is the Spanish word for flags?

The Spanish word for flags is las banderas — feminine.

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