🇪🇸 Spanish

longitudes

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feminine

las longitudes

lengths

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longitudes
/las lonxiˈtuðes/
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How do you say longitudes in Spanish?

IPA
/las lonxiˈtuðes/

How do you pronounce longitudes in Spanish?

longitudes is pronounced /las lonxiˈtuðes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La longitud total del río es muy grande.

The total length of the river is very large.

Esta longitud exacta es fundamental para el proyecto.

This exact length is fundamental for the project.

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Why is it feminine?

Longitudes is feminine because it derives from Latin "longitudo," which was grammatically feminine in Latin. Spanish retained this feminine gender when the word evolved. The suffix -itud in Spanish is a productive feminine ending, systematically used for abstract nouns (like "gratitud," "virtud," "solicitud"), and all nouns with this ending are feminine.

What is the Spanish word for lengths?

The Spanish word for lengths is las longitudes — feminine.

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