🇪🇸 Spanish

platos

masculine

los platos

plates

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platos
/los ˈplatos/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say platos in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈplatos/

How do you pronounce platos in Spanish?

platos is pronounced /los ˈplatos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El plato azul está sucio y necesita ser lavado inmediatamente.

The blue plate is dirty and needs to be washed immediately.

Este plato tradicional es muy antiguo y fue heredado de mi abuelo.

This traditional plate is very old and was inherited from my grandfather.

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Why is it masculine?

Platos is masculine in Spanish. It derives from Latin "plattus" (flat), which was a masculine adjective used as a noun. Spanish retained this grammatical gender through regular phonetic evolution. However, the gender is ultimately determined by Spanish grammar rules: masculine nouns in Spanish typically end in -o, and "plato" follows this regular pattern, which is the primary reason it is masculine in modern Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for plates?

The Spanish word for plates is los platos — masculine.

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