🇪🇸 Spanish

cuerdas

feminine

las cuerdas

ropes

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cuerdas
/las ˈkweɾðas/
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How do you say cuerdas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈkweɾðas/

How do you pronounce cuerdas in Spanish?

cuerdas is pronounced /las ˈkweɾðas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La cuerda nueva se rompió durante el ejercicio de escalada.

The new rope broke during the climbing exercise.

Esa cuerda gruesa y resistente es perfecta para amarrar la vela.

That thick and resistant rope is perfect for tying the sail.

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Why is it feminine?

Cuerdas is feminine because it derives from Latin "chorda" (originally from Greek "chordē"), which was feminine in Latin, and Spanish inherited the feminine gender along with the word. The semantic connection to "cord" or "string" carried its original gender classification through the Romance language evolution.

What is the Spanish word for ropes?

The Spanish word for ropes is las cuerdas — feminine.

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