🇪🇸 Spanish

pétalos

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masculine

los pétalos

petals

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pétalos
/los ˈpetalos/
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How do you say pétalos in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈpetalos/

How do you pronounce pétalos in Spanish?

pétalos is pronounced /los ˈpetalos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El pétalo rojo cayó lentamente al suelo.

The red petal fell slowly to the ground.

Encontré un pétalo delicado pegado en mi libro antiguo.

I found a delicate petal stuck in my old book.

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Why is it masculine?

Pétalos is masculine because it derives from Latin "petalum," which was neuter in Latin but became masculine in Spanish through a regular sound change (Latin neuter -um endings often became masculine -o in Spanish). The semantic shift from botanical term to a countable object also reinforced masculine gender assignment in Spanish's evolving grammar system.

What is the Spanish word for petals?

The Spanish word for petals is los pétalos — masculine.

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