🇪🇸 Spanish

habilidades

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Habilidades is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las habilidades ("abilities").

FEMININE

habilidades is the plural of habilidad

las habilidades — abilities

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habilidades
/las aβiliˈðaðes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say habilidades in Spanish?

IPA
/las aβiliˈðaðes/

How do you pronounce habilidades in Spanish?

habilidades is pronounced /las aβiliˈðaðes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La habilidad musical de María es excepcional y reconocida internacionalmente.

Maria's musical skill is exceptional and recognized internationally.

Esa habilidad especial te permitirá resolver problemas difíciles con facilidad.

That special skill will allow you to solve difficult problems with ease.

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Why is it feminine?

Habilidades is feminine because it derives from the Latin "habilitas," which inherited the feminine gender of Latin nouns ending in "-itas" (an abstract noun suffix that was inherently feminine). This gender was preserved when the word evolved into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for abilities?

The Spanish word for abilities is las habilidades — feminine.

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