🇪🇸 Spanish

enfermeros

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masculine

los enfermeros

nurses (m.)

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enfermeros
/los emfeɾˈmeɾos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say enfermeros in Spanish?

IPA
/los emfeɾˈmeɾos/

How do you pronounce enfermeros in Spanish?

enfermeros is pronounced /los emfeɾˈmeɾos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El enfermero dedicado trabajó toda la noche en el hospital.

The dedicated male nurse worked all night at the hospital.

Ese enfermero joven es muy competente y amable con los pacientes.

That young male nurse is very competent and kind with patients.

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Why is it masculine?

Enfermeros is masculine because it derives from the Latin "infirmarius" (a noun meaning male caretaker of the sick), which carried masculine gender in Latin. Spanish preserved this masculine gender in the form "enfermero". The feminine form "enfermera" was created by adding the standard feminine suffix "-a" to the masculine root "enferm-".

What is the Spanish word for nurses (m.)?

The Spanish word for nurses (m.) is los enfermeros — masculine.

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