🇪🇸 Spanish

bolígrafos

masculine

los bolígrafos

pens

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bolígrafos
/los boˈliɣɾafos/
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How do you say bolígrafos in Spanish?

IPA
/los boˈliɣɾafos/

How do you pronounce bolígrafos in Spanish?

bolígrafos is pronounced /los boˈliɣɾafos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El bolígrafo azul que encontré en la clase es muy bueno.

The blue pen that I found in class is very good.

Mi profesor me prestó un bolígrafo rojo nuevo porque el mío estaba roto.

My teacher lent me a new red pen because mine was broken.

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Why is it masculine?

Bolígrafos is masculine. While the word does derive from "bola" (ball) + "grafo" (from Greek "graphos," meaning writing/writer), the masculine gender is determined by the suffix "-grafo" itself, which is inherently masculine in Spanish. Compound words with the "-grafo" suffix (such as "telégrafo," "fonógrafo," "polígrafo") are consistently masculine, regardless of the gender of the first component. The term literally refers to a "ball-point writer," and the ballpoint mechanism is what the word describes.

What is the Spanish word for pens?

The Spanish word for pens is los bolígrafos — masculine.

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