🇪🇸 Spanish

bocas

feminine

las bocas

mouths

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bocas
/las ˈbokas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say bocas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈbokas/

How do you pronounce bocas in Spanish?

bocas is pronounced /las ˈbokas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La boca grande de mi abuela puede comer una manzana entera.

My grandmother's big mouth can eat a whole apple.

Tengo la boca seca y necesito agua fría.

I have a dry mouth and I need cold water.

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Why is it feminine?

Bocas is feminine because it derives from Latin "bucca" (cheek), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Spanish retained this grammatical gender through regular sound changes. The word originally referred to the cheek before its meaning expanded to include the mouth as a whole.

What is the Spanish word for mouths?

The Spanish word for mouths is las bocas — feminine.

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