🇪🇸 Spanish

esposas

feminine

las esposas

wives

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esposas
/las esˈposas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say esposas in Spanish?

IPA
/las esˈposas/

How do you pronounce esposas in Spanish?

esposas is pronounced /las esˈposas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

Mi esposa es una abogada muy talentosa y dedicada.

My wife is a very talented and dedicated lawyer.

La esposa del director llegó tarde a la reunión importante.

The director's wife arrived late to the important meeting.

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Why is it feminine?

Esposas is feminine because it derives from Latin "sponsa" (feminine form of "sponsus," meaning betrothed or promised), which naturally carried feminine grammatical gender through Spanish's evolution from Latin, where biological sex and grammatical gender typically aligned for agent nouns.

What is the Spanish word for wives?

The Spanish word for wives is las esposas — feminine.

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