🇪🇸 Spanish

venas

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!
feminine

las venas

veins

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venas
/las ˈbenas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say venas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈbenas/

How do you pronounce venas in Spanish?

venas is pronounced /las ˈbenas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La vena azul es muy visible en su brazo derecho.

The blue vein is very visible on her right arm.

La vena profunda estaba inflamada y el doctor le prescribió un tratamiento especial.

The deep vein was inflamed and the doctor prescribed her a special treatment.

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Why is it feminine?

Venas is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "vēna" (vein), which was feminine in Latin, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender along with the word itself. The Latin feminine ending "-a" naturally persisted in Spanish as one of the primary markers of feminine nouns.

What is the Spanish word for veins?

The Spanish word for veins is las venas — feminine.

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