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la sequía
drought
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How do you say sequía in Spanish?
How do you pronounce sequía in Spanish?
sequía is pronounced /la seˈkia/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La sequía prolongada devastó completamente las cosechas del país.
The prolonged drought completely devastated the country's harvests.
Esta sequía histórica es la más grave que hemos enfrentado en décadas.
This historical drought is the most serious one we have faced in decades.
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Why is it feminine?
Sequía is feminine because it derives from Latin "siccitas" (dryness), which belonged to the third declension feminine nouns ending in "-itas"—a suffix that consistently produced feminine nouns in Latin and carried that gender into Spanish as "-ía" endings.
What is the Spanish word for drought?
The Spanish word for drought is la sequía — feminine.
Gender across languages
| Language | Word | Article | Gender |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇫🇷 French | sécheresse | la | feminine |
| 🇵🇹 Portuguese | seca | a | feminine |
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