🇪🇸 Spanish

nubes

feminine

las nubes

clouds

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nubes
/las ˈnuβes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say nubes in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈnuβes/

How do you pronounce nubes in Spanish?

nubes is pronounced /las ˈnuβes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La nube blanca flotaba lentamente en el cielo azul.

The white cloud was floating slowly in the blue sky.

Observé una nube gris y oscura que anunciaba una tormenta peligrosa.

I observed a gray and dark cloud that announced a dangerous storm.

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Why is it feminine?

Nubes is feminine because it derives from Latin "nubes," which was a feminine noun, and Spanish preserved the feminine gender of most Latin third-declension nouns ending in "-is" or "-es." This gender assignment reflects the historical linguistic continuity from Latin, where the grammatical gender of the word was already established.

What is the Spanish word for clouds?

The Spanish word for clouds is las nubes — feminine.

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