🇪🇸 Spanish

suegros

masculine

los suegros

fathers-in-law

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suegros
/los ˈsweɣɾos/
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How do you say suegros in Spanish?

IPA
/los ˈsweɣɾos/

How do you pronounce suegros in Spanish?

suegros is pronounced /los ˈsweɣɾos/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

Mi suegro es muy trabajador y siempre ayuda en casa.

My father-in-law is very hardworking and always helps around the house.

El suegro de mi amiga es un hombre mayor y jubilado.

My friend's father-in-law is an older man and retired.

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Why is it masculine?

Suegros (father-in-law) is masculine because it derives from Latin "socer," which was inherently a masculine noun denoting a male relative by marriage. Spanish maintained the grammatical gender of its Latin etymon, as it did for most inherited vocabulary.

What is the Spanish word for fathers-in-law?

The Spanish word for fathers-in-law is los suegros — masculine.

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