🇪🇸 Spanish

sentencias

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feminine

las sentencias

sentences

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sentencias
/las senˈtenθjas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sentencias in Spanish?

IPA
/las senˈtenθjas/

How do you pronounce sentencias in Spanish?

sentencias is pronounced /las senˈtenθjas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La sentencia judicial fue muy severa y controvertida por los abogados defensores.

The court ruling was very harsh and controversial among the defense lawyers.

Esta sentencia histórica fue considerada injusta por muchos ciudadanos de la época.

This historical sentence was considered unjust by many citizens of that time.

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Why is it feminine?

Sentencias is feminine because it derives from Latin "sententia" (feminine noun meaning "opinion" or "judgment"), which retained its feminine gender through the evolution of Spanish; the -a ending in Spanish typically preserves feminine nouns inherited from Latin -a declension words.

What is the Spanish word for sentences?

The Spanish word for sentences is las sentencias — feminine.

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