🇪🇸 Spanish

cines

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
masculine

los cines

cinemas

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cines
/los ˈθines/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cines in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈθines/

How do you pronounce cines in Spanish?

cines is pronounced /los ˈθines/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El cine antiguo fue restaurado completamente el año pasado.

The old cinema was completely restored last year.

El cine nuevo es muy moderno y tiene pantallas grandes.

The new cinema is very modern and has large screens.

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Why is it masculine?

Cines is masculine in Spanish because it's a shortened form of "cinematógrafo" (from Greek "kinema" meaning motion, plus "grapho" meaning to write), which is grammatically masculine like most Spanish nouns ending in -o. The abbreviated form retained the masculine gender of its parent word.

What is the Spanish word for cinemas?

The Spanish word for cinemas is los cines — masculine.

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