🇪🇸 Spanish

cadenas

feminine

las cadenas

chains

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cadenas
/las kaˈðenas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cadenas in Spanish?

IPA
/las kaˈðenas/

How do you pronounce cadenas in Spanish?

cadenas is pronounced /las kaˈðenas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cadena dorada que encontré en la playa era muy antigua y valiosa.

The golden chain that I found on the beach was very old and valuable.

Esa cadena rota debe ser reparada por un joyero profesional antes de usarla.

That broken chain needs to be repaired by a professional jeweler before wearing it.

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Why is it feminine?

Cadenas is feminine because it derives from Latin "catena" (chain), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Spanish inherited the feminine gender along with the word. The -a ending reinforced this feminine classification, as most Latin first-declension nouns (which were typically feminine) became feminine nouns in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for chains?

The Spanish word for chains is las cadenas — feminine.

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