🇪🇸 Spanish

maletas

feminine

las maletas

suitcases

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maletas
/las maˈletas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say maletas in Spanish?

IPA
/las maˈletas/

How do you pronounce maletas in Spanish?

maletas is pronounced /las maˈletas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La maleta roja está llena de ropa para mi viaje.

The red suitcase is full of clothes for my trip.

Mi maleta nueva es muy ligera y práctica para viajar en avión.

My new suitcase is very light and practical for traveling by airplane.

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Why is it feminine?

Maletas is feminine because it derives from the Latin "mala" (a trunk or bag), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender through regular sound changes and development from Vulgar Latin. The feminine ending "-a" was preserved as the word evolved, reinforcing its feminine classification in modern Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for suitcases?

The Spanish word for suitcases is las maletas — feminine.

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