enfermedades
Enfermedades is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las enfermedades ("illnesses").
FEMININEenfermedades is the plural of enfermedad
las enfermedades — illnesses
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How do you say enfermedades in Spanish?
How do you pronounce enfermedades in Spanish?
enfermedades is pronounced /las emfeɾmeˈðaðes/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La enfermedad grave requiere una atención médica inmediata.
The serious illness requires immediate medical attention.
Esta enfermedad contagiosa se propagó rápidamente entre la población entera.
This contagious disease spread rapidly throughout the entire population.
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Why is it feminine?
Enfermedades is feminine because it derives from the Latin "infirmitas," which is a third-declension feminine noun (ending in -itas, a standard feminine suffix in Latin), and Spanish inherited this feminine gender when the word evolved into "enfermedad." The -dad suffix in Spanish, which developed from Latin -itas, consistently marks nouns as feminine.
What is the Spanish word for illnesses?
The Spanish word for illnesses is las enfermedades — feminine.
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