🇪🇸 Spanish

piernas

feminine

las piernas

legs

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piernas
/las ˈpjeɾnas/
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How do you say piernas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈpjeɾnas/

How do you pronounce piernas in Spanish?

piernas is pronounced /las ˈpjeɾnas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La pierna izquierda de mi abuela está fracturada y necesita una operación quirúrgica.

My grandmother's left leg is fractured and needs surgical intervention.

La pierna derecha se veía inflamada y dolorida después de la carrera larga.

The right leg looked swollen and painful after the long race.

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Why is it feminine?

Piernas is feminine because it derives from Latin "perna" (a ham or leg of meat), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender along with the word. The feminine ending "-a" in modern Spanish reinforced this original Latin gender classification.

What is the Spanish word for legs?

The Spanish word for legs is las piernas — feminine.

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