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Hormigas is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las hormigas ("ants").
FEMININEhormigas is the plural of hormiga
las hormigas — ants
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How do you pronounce hormigas in Spanish?
hormigas is pronounced /las oɾˈmiɣas/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La hormiga roja que encontré en el jardín es muy pequeña y trabajadora.
The red ant that I found in the garden is very small and hardworking.
Observé a la hormiga negra llevando una semilla mucho más grande que ella misma.
I observed the black ant carrying a seed much larger than herself.
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Why is it feminine?
Hormigas is feminine because it derives from Latin "formica," which was grammatically feminine in Latin and retained that gender when Romance languages evolved. The word's gender persisted through regular sound changes from Latin to Spanish, making it an inherited feminine noun rather than following a productive Spanish gender rule.
What is the Spanish word for ants?
The Spanish word for ants is las hormigas — feminine.
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