🇪🇸 Spanish

provincias

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

las provincias

provinces

Try it

provincias
/las pɾoˈβinθjas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say provincias in Spanish?

IPA
/las pɾoˈβinθjas/

How do you pronounce provincias in Spanish?

provincias is pronounced /las pɾoˈβinθjas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La provincia argentina es muy grande y tiene muchas ciudades importantes.

The Argentine province is very large and has many important cities.

La provincia costera fue la primera en adoptar la nueva ley ambiental.

The coastal province was the first to adopt the new environmental law.

Swipe provincias in Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store

Why is it feminine?

Provincias is feminine because it derives from the Latin feminine noun *provincia* of the first declension. In Latin, first declension nouns typically have the -a ending and are feminine by default. Spanish inherited this grammatical gender directly from Latin, preserving the feminine gender as the word evolved into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for provinces?

The Spanish word for provinces is las provincias — feminine.

Practice with Accord

Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.

Download on the App Store