🇪🇸 Spanish

cigüeñas

feminine

las cigüeñas

storks

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cigüeñas
/las θiˈɡweɲas/
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How do you say cigüeñas in Spanish?

IPA
/las θiˈɡweɲas/

How do you pronounce cigüeñas in Spanish?

cigüeñas is pronounced /las θiˈɡweɲas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cigüeña blanca llegó a su nido después de viajar miles de kilómetros.

The white stork arrived at her nest after traveling thousands of kilometers.

Esta cigüeña migradora es muy importante para los ecosistemas europeos.

This migratory stork is very important for European ecosystems.

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Why is it feminine?

Cigüeñas is feminine because it derives from Latin "ciconia," which was grammatically feminine, and this gender was preserved when the word evolved into Spanish; the feminine ending "-a" in modern Spanish reinforced this inherited gender classification.

What is the Spanish word for storks?

The Spanish word for storks is las cigüeñas — feminine.

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