🇪🇸 Spanish

vacunas

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feminine

las vacunas

vaccines

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vacunas
/las baˈkunas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vacunas in Spanish?

IPA
/las baˈkunas/

How do you pronounce vacunas in Spanish?

vacunas is pronounced /las baˈkunas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La vacuna nueva es muy efectiva contra la gripe.

The new vaccine is very effective against the flu.

Esta vacuna alemana ha sido aprobada por las autoridades sanitarias internacionales.

This German vaccine has been approved by international health authorities.

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Why is it feminine?

Vacunas is feminine because it derives from the Latin "vaccina" (feminine form, meaning "of or relating to cows"), which was used in the medical term "vaccinia" (cowpox). Spanish inherited the feminine gender from this Latin feminine adjective form that was nominalized to refer to the vaccine itself. The term was coined by Jenner in the late 1700s based on cowpox vaccination.

What is the Spanish word for vaccines?

The Spanish word for vaccines is las vacunas — feminine.

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