🇪🇸 Spanish

mármoles

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masculine

los mármoles

marbles

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mármoles
/los ˈmaɾmoles/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say mármoles in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈmaɾmoles/

How do you pronounce mármoles in Spanish?

mármoles is pronounced /los ˈmaɾmoles/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El mármol blanco fue importado desde Italia para construir el monumento.

The white marble was imported from Italy to build the monument.

Este mármol antiguo es muy valioso porque fue extraído hace cien años.

This ancient marble is very valuable because it was extracted a hundred years ago.

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Why is it masculine?

Mármoles is masculine because it derives from Latin "marmor," which was a neuter noun, but Spanish inherited it with masculine gender—a common pattern where Latin neuter nouns became masculine in Romance languages as the neuter gender system collapsed. The word ultimately traces to Greek "mármaros," referring to the white marble stone prized in classical antiquity.

What is the Spanish word for marbles?

The Spanish word for marbles is los mármoles — masculine.

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