🇪🇸 Spanish

sillas

feminine

las sillas

chairs

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sillas
/las ˈsiʎas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say sillas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈsiʎas/

How do you pronounce sillas in Spanish?

sillas is pronounced /las ˈsiʎas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La silla roja está rota y necesita reparación urgente.

The red chair is broken and needs urgent repair.

Aquella silla antigua era hermosa, pero estaba dañada.

That old chair was beautiful, but it was damaged.

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Why is it feminine?

Sillas is feminine because it derives from Latin "sella," which was feminine in gender, and Spanish retained this grammatical gender along with the -a ending that typically marks feminine nouns. The Latin root itself likely came from an Indo-European source related to "sitting," though the feminine gender assignment was a feature of Latin grammar rather than motivated by the word's meaning.

What is the Spanish word for chairs?

The Spanish word for chairs is las sillas — feminine.

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