🇪🇸 Spanish

directores

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 directores

directors

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directores
/los diɾekˈtoɾes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say directores in Spanish?

IPA
/los diɾekˈtoɾes/

How do you pronounce directores in Spanish?

directores is pronounced /los diɾekˈtoɾes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El director responsable llegó tarde a la reunión porque estaba ocupado.

The responsible director arrived late to the meeting because he was busy.

El director nuevo es muy talentoso y tiene ideas innovadoras para el cine.

The new director is very talented and has innovative ideas for cinema.

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Why is it masculine?

Directores is masculine in Spanish because it derives from the Latin "director" (masculine noun from "dirigere," meaning "to direct"), and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender from Latin, where most agent nouns ending in "-or" were inherently masculine. The feminine form "directora" was later created by adding the Spanish feminine suffix "-a" to the masculine base.

What is the Spanish word for directors?

The Spanish word for directors is los directores — masculine.

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