🇪🇸 Spanish

direcciones

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feminine

las direcciones

directions

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direcciones
/las diɾekˈθjones/
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How do you say direcciones in Spanish?

IPA
/las diɾekˈθjones/

How do you pronounce direcciones in Spanish?

direcciones is pronounced /las diɾekˈθjones/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La dirección nueva del colegio es muy organizada y eficiente.

The new management of the school is very organized and efficient.

Debemos enviar nuestro currículum a la dirección general de la empresa.

We must send our resume to the general management of the company.

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Why is it feminine?

Direcciones is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "directio" (nominative form of the feminine third-declension noun), which referred to the act of directing or guiding and inherited the feminine gender through Spanish's evolution from Latin. This gender was preserved in the suffix "-ción," which consistently produces feminine nouns in Spanish when attached to verb stems.

What is the Spanish word for directions?

The Spanish word for directions is las direcciones — feminine.

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