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la edad
age
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How do you say edad in Spanish?
How do you pronounce edad in Spanish?
edad is pronounced /la eˈðað/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La edad avanzada de mi abuela la hace muy sabia.
My grandmother's advanced age makes her very wise.
La edad legal para votar es importante en cualquier democracia.
The legal age to vote is important in any democracy.
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Why is it feminine?
Edad is feminine because it derives from the Latin "aetās" (also spelled "aetas"), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Spanish retained the feminine gender of its etymological source. This Latin noun referred to age or lifetime and belonged to the third declension of feminine nouns ending in -tās, a suffix that typically produced feminine words in Romance languages.
What is the Spanish word for age?
The Spanish word for age is la edad — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇮🇹 Italian | età | l' | feminine |
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