🇪🇸 Spanish

bosques

masculine

los bosques

forests

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bosques
/los ˈboskes/
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How do you say bosques in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈboskes/

How do you pronounce bosques in Spanish?

bosques is pronounced /los ˈboskes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El bosque antiguo estaba lleno de árboles centenarios que protegían a los animales salvajes.

The ancient forest was full of hundred-year-old trees that protected wild animals.

El bosque denso y oscuro era considerado misterioso por los habitantes del pueblo cercano.

The dense and dark forest was considered mysterious by the inhabitants of the nearby town.

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Why is it masculine?

Bosques is masculine because it derives from the Late Latin "boscus" (also "boscu"), which was a masculine noun referring to woodland or forest. Spanish retained the masculine gender from its Latin ancestor. The word entered Spanish through Vulgar Latin usage during the medieval period in the Iberian Peninsula.

What is the Spanish word for forests?

The Spanish word for forests is los bosques — masculine.

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