🇪🇸 Spanish

ratas

feminine

las ratas

rats

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ratas
/las ˈratas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say ratas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈratas/

How do you pronounce ratas in Spanish?

ratas is pronounced /las ˈratas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La rata gris que vimos en el sótano era muy grande y peligrosa.

The gray rat that we saw in the basement was very big and dangerous.

Esta rata pequeña ha tenido muchas crías en su nido.

This small rat has had many offspring in her nest.

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Why is it feminine?

Ratas is feminine because it derives from Latin "ratta," which was already feminine in gender, a classification that carried through into Romance languages like Spanish. The Latin origin and its feminine designation simply persisted through historical language evolution, as gender assignments often do across language families.

What is the Spanish word for rats?

The Spanish word for rats is las ratas — feminine.

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