🇪🇸 Spanish

cristales

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masculine

los cristales

crystals

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cristales
/los kɾisˈtales/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say cristales in Spanish?

IPA
/los kɾisˈtales/

How do you pronounce cristales in Spanish?

cristales is pronounced /los kɾisˈtales/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El cristal antiguo estaba roto en el piso.

The old glass was broken on the floor.

Ese cristal transparente es muy frágil y costoso.

That transparent glass is very fragile and expensive.

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Why is it masculine?

Cristales is masculine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "crystallum," which was itself borrowed from Greek "krystallos" (κρύσταλλος), and this Latin masculine noun retained its gender through the Romance language evolution. The word's gender follows the standard pattern of Latin nouns ending in "-um," which became masculine nouns in Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for crystals?

The Spanish word for crystals is los cristales — masculine.

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