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feminine
las selvas
jungles
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/las ˈselβas/
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How do you say selvas in Spanish?
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/las ˈselβas/
How do you pronounce selvas in Spanish?
selvas is pronounced /las ˈselβas/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La selva amazónica es muy densa y húmeda.
The Amazon jungle is very dense and humid.
La selva tropical que visitamos era hermosa y peligrosa.
The tropical jungle that we visited was beautiful and dangerous.
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Why is it feminine?
Selvas is feminine because it derives from Latin "silva" (feminine noun meaning forest or wood), and Spanish retained the feminine gender from its Latin ancestor along with the sound changes that transformed "silva" into "selva."
What is the Spanish word for jungles?
The Spanish word for jungles is las selvas — feminine.
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