🇪🇸 Spanish

cariños

masculine

los cariños

affections

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cariños
/los kaˈɾiɲos/
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How do you say cariños in Spanish?

IPA
/los kaˈɾiɲos/

How do you pronounce cariños in Spanish?

cariños is pronounced /los kaˈɾiɲos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El cariño verdadero es difícil de encontrar en este mundo.

True affection is difficult to find in this world.

Mi abuelo mostró un cariño profundo hacia todos sus nietos.

My grandfather showed deep affection toward all his grandchildren.

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Why is it masculine?

Cariños is masculine because it derives from the Latin "carus" (dear/beloved), which is a masculine adjective, and the diminutive suffix "-iño" (common in Galician-Leonese dialects that influenced Spanish) was applied to create a masculine noun meaning "darling" or "affection." Like most Spanish nouns ending in "-o," it inherited the masculine gender from its Latin root.

What is the Spanish word for affections?

The Spanish word for affections is los cariños — masculine.

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