🇪🇸 Spanish

universidades

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feminine

las universidades

universities

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universidades
/las uniβeɾsiˈðaðes/
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How do you say universidades in Spanish?

IPA
/las uniβeɾsiˈðaðes/

How do you pronounce universidades in Spanish?

universidades is pronounced /las uniβeɾsiˈðaðes/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La universidad nueva está ubicada en el centro de la ciudad.

The new university is located in the downtown area.

Mi hermana asiste a una universidad prestigiosa donde estudia ingeniería.

My sister attends a prestigious university where she studies engineering.

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Why is it feminine?

Universidades is feminine because it derives from the Latin "universitas," which was a feminine noun referring to a guild or corporation, and Spanish retained the feminine gender of its Latin source. The word's feminine form became standard in Spanish and other Romance languages as these institutions developed throughout the medieval period.

What is the Spanish word for universities?

The Spanish word for universities is las universidades — feminine.

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