🇪🇸 Spanish

piedras

feminine

las piedras

stones

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piedras
/las ˈpjeðɾas/
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How do you say piedras in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈpjeðɾas/

How do you pronounce piedras in Spanish?

piedras is pronounced /las ˈpjeðɾas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La piedra grande cayó del acantilado y destruyó la casa antigua.

The large stone fell from the cliff and destroyed the old house.

La piedra preciosa que encontramos era muy valiosa y hermosa.

The precious stone that we found was very valuable and beautiful.

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Why is it feminine?

Piedras is feminine because it derives from Latin "petra," which was feminine in gender, and Spanish retained this grammatical gender through normal sound changes (the -a ending typically signals feminine nouns in modern Spanish). The Latin word itself likely came from Greek "petra," which was also feminine.

What is the Spanish word for stones?

The Spanish word for stones is las piedras — feminine.

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