🇪🇸 Spanish

hígados

masculine

los hígados

livers

Try it

hígados
/los ˈiɣaðos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say hígados in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈiɣaðos/

How do you pronounce hígados in Spanish?

hígados is pronounced /los ˈiɣaðos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El hígado dañado del paciente requiere un trasplante urgente.

The patient's damaged liver requires an urgent transplant.

El hígado graso es un problema común en personas obesas.

Fatty liver is a common problem in obese people.

Swipe hígados in Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store

Why is it masculine?

Hígados is masculine because it derives from Latin "jecur" (liver), which was a neuter noun. In the evolution from Latin to Spanish, the neuter gender collapsed and most neuter nouns shifted to masculine gender, which is what occurred with this word. The masculine gender reflects this regular historical sound and gender change rather than being an exception.

What is the Spanish word for livers?

The Spanish word for livers is los hígados — masculine.

Practice with Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store