🇪🇸 Spanish

postres

masculine

los postres

desserts

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postres
/los ˈpostɾes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say postres in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈpostɾes/

How do you pronounce postres in Spanish?

postres is pronounced /los ˈpostɾes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El postre delicioso que preparó mi madre fue un tiramisú casero.

The delicious dessert that my mother prepared was a homemade tiramisu.

Este postre italiano es muy popular porque es cremoso y sabroso.

This Italian dessert is very popular because it is creamy and tasty.

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Why is it masculine?

Postres is masculine because it derives from the Latin "posterum" (the neuter accusative form of "posterus"), which evolved into a masculine noun in Spanish. While the Latin adjective "posterus" is masculine, the noun "postre" actually comes from the neuter form used substantively, but was regendered as masculine in Spanish following typical patterns of noun gender evolution.

What is the Spanish word for desserts?

The Spanish word for desserts is los postres — masculine.

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