🇪🇸 Spanish

tribunales

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masculine

los tribunales

courts

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tribunales
/los tɾibuˈnales/
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How do you say tribunales in Spanish?

IPA
/los tɾibuˈnales/

How do you pronounce tribunales in Spanish?

tribunales is pronounced /los tɾibuˈnales/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El tribunal español ha dictado una sentencia importante.

The Spanish court has issued an important ruling.

El tribunal competente debe resolver este caso complejo.

The competent court must resolve this complex case.

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Why is it masculine?

Tribunales is masculine in Spanish because it derives from the Latin "tribunāl," which was itself masculine, coming from "tribūnus" (tribune, a Roman magistrate), and this grammatical gender was preserved through the Romance language evolution. The masculine form persisted despite the "-al" ending, which in Spanish can attach to either gender.

What is the Spanish word for courts?

The Spanish word for courts is los tribunales — masculine.

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