🇪🇸 Spanish

pelotas

feminine

las pelotas

balls

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pelotas
/las peˈlotas/
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How do you say pelotas in Spanish?

IPA
/las peˈlotas/

How do you pronounce pelotas in Spanish?

pelotas is pronounced /las peˈlotas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La pelota roja está perdida en el jardín.

The red ball is lost in the garden.

Mi hermana encontró una pelota vieja debajo de la cama.

My sister found an old ball under the bed.

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Why is it feminine?

Pelotas is feminine because it derives from Latin "pila" (a ball), which belonged to the first declension—a category of Latin nouns that were typically feminine. The -a ending in Spanish is the regular feminine marker inherited directly from this Latin feminine form. In Spanish, nouns ending in -a are generally feminine, and this pattern was preserved through the evolution from Latin to Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for balls?

The Spanish word for balls is las pelotas — feminine.

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