🇪🇸 Spanish

pelos

masculine

los pelos

hairs

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pelos
/los ˈpelos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say pelos in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈpelos/

How do you pronounce pelos in Spanish?

pelos is pronounced /los ˈpelos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El pelo largo y rubio de mi hermano es muy hermoso.

My brother's long and blonde hair is very beautiful.

El pelo negro del gato estaba sucio y necesitaba ser limpiado.

The cat's black hair was dirty and needed to be cleaned.

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Why is it masculine?

Pelos is masculine because it derives from Latin "pilus" (hair), which was a masculine noun in Latin, and Spanish retained this gender classification through regular sound changes ("pilus" > "pelo"). This is a regular inheritance rather than an exception, as Spanish nouns generally preserved the grammatical gender of their Latin etymons.

What is the Spanish word for hairs?

The Spanish word for hairs is los pelos — masculine.

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