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los pacientes
patients
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How do you say pacientes in Spanish?
How do you pronounce pacientes in Spanish?
pacientes is pronounced /los paˈθjentes/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El paciente anciano llegó al hospital muy preocupado porque tenía dolor en el pecho.
The elderly patient (masculine) arrived at the hospital very worried because he had chest pain.
El paciente joven fue atendido por el doctor que lo examinó cuidadosamente.
The young patient (masculine) was attended to by the doctor who examined him carefully.
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Why is it masculine?
Pacientes is masculine because it derives from the Latin "patiens" (masculine nominative form), which comes from the verb "pati" (to suffer/endure), and Latin nouns ending in "-ens" were typically masculine. The word retained the masculine gender when it was adopted into Spanish, following the standard pattern for Latin-origin words of this type.
What is the Spanish word for patients?
The Spanish word for patients is los pacientes — masculine.
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