🇪🇸 Spanish

gatos

masculine

los gatos

cats

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gatos
/los ˈɡatos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say gatos in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈɡatos/

How do you pronounce gatos in Spanish?

gatos is pronounced /los ˈɡatos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El gato negro es muy inteligente y juguetón.

The black cat is very intelligent and playful.

Mi gato favorito está durmiendo en el sofá cómodo.

My favorite cat is sleeping on the comfortable sofa.

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Why is it masculine?

Gatos is masculine because it derives from Latin "cattus," which was a masculine noun of the second declension. Spanish inherited both the word and its grammatical gender through the normal evolution of Latin into Romance languages. The masculine gender has been maintained consistently from Latin through Old Spanish to modern Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for cats?

The Spanish word for cats is los gatos — masculine.

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