🇪🇸 Spanish

estudiantes

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masculine

los estudiantes

students

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estudiantes
/los estuˈðjantes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say estudiantes in Spanish?

IPA
/los estuˈðjantes/

How do you pronounce estudiantes in Spanish?

estudiantes is pronounced /los estuˈðjantes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El estudiante nuevo llegó tarde a la clase porque se perdió en el campus.

The new student arrived late to class because he got lost on campus.

El estudiante inteligente fue seleccionado como el mejor de su generación.

The intelligent student was selected as the best of his generation.

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Why is it masculine?

Estudiantes is actually a common gender noun in Spanish, used for both male and female students (el/la estudiante). While it does derive from Latin "studēns" (present participle of "studēre," meaning to study), it functions as a gender-neutral noun in modern Spanish. Nouns ending in "-ante" derived from Latin participles can be either masculine or common gender depending on usage and context.

What is the Spanish word for students?

The Spanish word for students is los estudiantes — masculine.

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