🇪🇸 Spanish

sábanas

feminine

las sábanas

sheets

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sábanas
/las ˈsaβanas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sábanas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈsaβanas/

How do you pronounce sábanas in Spanish?

sábanas is pronounced /las ˈsaβanas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La sábana blanca está sucia y necesita ser lavada inmediatamente.

The white sheet is dirty and needs to be washed immediately.

Encontré una sábana antigua muy hermosa en el mercado, pero era demasiado cara.

I found a very beautiful old sheet at the market, but it was too expensive.

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Why is it feminine?

Sábanas is feminine because it ends in "-ana", a suffix that typically marks feminine nouns in Spanish. While the word does derive from Arabic "sabbānah" via Latin "sabana", the immediate reason for its feminine gender is the "-ana" ending, which became a productive feminine marker in Spanish and other Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for sheets?

The Spanish word for sheets is las sábanas — feminine.

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