🇪🇸 Spanish

pañuelos

masculine

los pañuelos

handkerchiefs

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pañuelos
/los paˈɲwelos/
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How do you say pañuelos in Spanish?

IPA
/los paˈɲwelos/

How do you pronounce pañuelos in Spanish?

pañuelos is pronounced /los paˈɲwelos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El pañuelo blanco que encontré en la calle es muy suave y parece ser de seda costosa.

The white handkerchief that I found in the street is very soft and appears to be made of expensive silk.

Mi abuelo guardaba un pañuelo rojo antiguo en su bolsillo como recuerdo especial de su infancia.

My grandfather kept an old red handkerchief in his pocket as a special memory from his childhood.

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Why is it masculine?

Pañuelos is masculine because it derives from Latin "pannicellus," the diminutive of "pannus" (cloth), which retained the masculine gender of its Latin root through Spanish's sound changes and grammatical evolution.

What is the Spanish word for handkerchiefs?

The Spanish word for handkerchiefs is los pañuelos — masculine.

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