🇪🇸 Spanish

huesos

masculine

los huesos

bones

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huesos
/los ˈwesos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say huesos in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈwesos/

How do you pronounce huesos in Spanish?

huesos is pronounced /los ˈwesos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El hueso grande que encontré en el parque era de un perro antiguo.

The big bone that I found in the park was from an old dog.

Este hueso roto debe ser examinado por un veterinario profesional.

This broken bone must be examined by a professional veterinarian.

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Why is it masculine?

Huesos is masculine because it derives from Latin "ossum" (a variant of "os"), which was a neuter noun in the second declension. Spanish inherited this masculine gender through regular sound changes during the evolution from Latin to Spanish, where most neuter nouns shifted to masculine gender.

What is the Spanish word for bones?

The Spanish word for bones is los huesos — masculine.

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