🇪🇸 Spanish

ladrillos

masculine

los ladrillos

bricks

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ladrillos
/los laˈðɾiʎos/
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How do you say ladrillos in Spanish?

IPA
/los laˈðɾiʎos/

How do you pronounce ladrillos in Spanish?

ladrillos is pronounced /los laˈðɾiʎos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El ladrillo rojo está dañado y necesita ser reemplazado en la construcción.

The red brick is damaged and needs to be replaced in the construction.

Este ladrillo antiguo es muy valioso porque fue importado desde España hace cien años.

This ancient brick is very valuable because it was imported from Spain a hundred years ago.

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Why is it masculine?

Ladrillos is masculine because it derives from Latin "latericulus," a diminutive form of "later" (brick), and Latin diminutives ending in "-culus" typically produced masculine nouns in Spanish through the masculine suffix "-illo." This gender assignment became fixed in the language's development and persists despite the noun's modern form.

What is the Spanish word for bricks?

The Spanish word for bricks is los ladrillos — masculine.

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