🇪🇸 Spanish

novelas

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

las novelas

novels

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novelas
/las noˈβelas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say novelas in Spanish?

IPA
/las noˈβelas/

How do you pronounce novelas in Spanish?

novelas is pronounced /las noˈβelas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La novela española que leí fue muy emocionante y me hizo llorar.

The Spanish novel that I read was very moving and made me cry.

Esa novela romántica es la más vendida de todas las que he comprado.

That romantic novel is the best-selling one of all that I have bought.

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Why is it feminine?

Novelas is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun "novella" (a short new story), which retained its feminine gender when adopted into Spanish; the "-a" ending reinforced this feminine classification in Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for novels?

The Spanish word for novels is las novelas — feminine.

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