🇪🇸 Spanish

continentes

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masculine

los continentes

continents

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continentes
/los kontiˈnentes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say continentes in Spanish?

IPA
/los kontiˈnentes/

How do you pronounce continentes in Spanish?

continentes is pronounced /los kontiˈnentes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El continente africano es el más cálido y poblado del mundo.

The African continent is the warmest and most populated in the world.

Este continente antiguo ha experimentado muchos cambios geológicos importantes.

This ancient continent has experienced many important geological changes.

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Why is it masculine?

Continentes is masculine in Spanish because it derives from the Latin "continens" (from "continere," meaning "to hold together"), which is a masculine noun in Latin that was retained with masculine gender when adopted into Spanish. The word's grammatical gender follows the standard pattern where Latin masculine nouns ending in "-ens" typically become masculine nouns in Spanish ending in "-ente."

What is the Spanish word for continents?

The Spanish word for continents is los continentes — masculine.

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