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las lástimas
pities
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How do you say lástimas in Spanish?
How do you pronounce lástimas in Spanish?
lástimas is pronounced /las ˈlastimas/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
¡Qué lástima tan grande que no puedas venir a la fiesta!
What a great pity that you can't come to the party! (The adjective 'grande' becomes 'gran' before feminine nouns, and 'tan' agrees with the feminine noun)
La lástima más profunda la sentí cuando me enteré de su muerte.
The deepest pity I felt was when I found out about his death. (The articles 'la' and the adjective 'profunda' must both be feminine to agree with the feminine noun 'lástima')
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Why is it feminine?
Lástimas is feminine because it derives from Latin "laesima" (feminine form related to "laesis," meaning injury or harm). The feminine ending "-a" is a typical Romance language feminine marker that Spanish inherited from Latin, making nouns with this ending grammatically feminine.
What is the Spanish word for pities?
The Spanish word for pities is las lástimas — feminine.
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