🇪🇸 Spanish

vacas

feminine

las vacas

cows

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vacas
/las ˈbakas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vacas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈbakas/

How do you pronounce vacas in Spanish?

vacas is pronounced /las ˈbakas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La vaca blanca es muy productiva y da mucha leche cada día.

The white cow is very productive and gives a lot of milk every day.

Esta vaca antigua fue la primera que compramos para nuestra granja.

This old cow was the first one we bought for our farm.

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Why is it feminine?

Vacas is feminine because it descends from Latin "vacca," which was already grammatically feminine in Latin, likely due to the feminine suffix "-a" that typically marks female animals in Romance languages. The word's gender has been preserved through regular sound changes from Latin to Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for cows?

The Spanish word for cows is las vacas — feminine.

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