🇪🇸 Spanish

lluvias

feminine

las lluvias

rains

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lluvias
/las ˈʎuβjas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say lluvias in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈʎuβjas/

How do you pronounce lluvias in Spanish?

lluvias is pronounced /las ˈʎuβjas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La lluvia torrencial inundó las calles de la ciudad.

The torrential rain flooded the streets of the city.

Esta lluvia inesperada fue muy bienvenida después de la sequía prolongada.

This unexpected rain was very welcome after the prolonged drought.

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Why is it feminine?

Lluvias is feminine because it descends from Latin "pluvía," which was grammatically feminine, and Spanish inherited the gender assignments of Latin nouns along with sound changes that transformed the word over centuries. Like many Spanish nouns ending in "-a," it retained the feminine gender from its Latin ancestor.

What is the Spanish word for rains?

The Spanish word for rains is las lluvias — feminine.

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