🇪🇸 Spanish

puentes

masculine

los puentes

bridges

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puentes
/los ˈpwentes/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say puentes in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈpwentes/

How do you pronounce puentes in Spanish?

puentes is pronounced /los ˈpwentes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El puente antiguo que cruza el río es muy famoso en toda la región.

The old bridge that crosses the river is very famous throughout the region.

Ese puente largo fue construido por un ingeniero brillante hace cien años.

That long bridge was built by a brilliant engineer a hundred years ago.

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Why is it masculine?

Puentes is masculine because it derives from Latin "pons, pontis," which was a masculine noun in its grammatical gender classification. This gender was preserved through the sound changes and evolution that transformed Latin into Spanish, maintaining the masculine article "el" that accompanies all nouns descended from masculine Latin third-declension words.

What is the Spanish word for bridges?

The Spanish word for bridges is los puentes — masculine.

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