🇪🇸 Spanish

cadáveres

masculine

los cadáveres

corpses

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cadáveres
/los kaˈðaβeɾes/
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How do you say cadáveres in Spanish?

IPA
/los kaˈðaβeɾes/

How do you pronounce cadáveres in Spanish?

cadáveres is pronounced /los kaˈðaβeɾes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El cadáver descompuesto fue encontrado en el sótano oscuro.

The decomposed corpse was found in the dark basement.

El cadáver del soldado caído fue identificado por su uniforme militar.

The fallen soldier's corpse was identified by his military uniform.

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Why is it masculine?

Cadáveres is masculine because it derives from the Latin "cadaver," which was itself masculine in gender, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender along with the word. The Latin root comes from "cadere" (to fall), referring to something that has fallen or a fallen body.

What is the Spanish word for corpses?

The Spanish word for corpses is los cadáveres — masculine.

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