🇪🇸 Spanish

vendavales

masculine

los vendavales

gales

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vendavales
/los bendaˈβales/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say vendavales in Spanish?

IPA
/los bendaˈβales/

How do you pronounce vendavales in Spanish?

vendavales is pronounced /los bendaˈβales/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

El vendaval destructivo derribó varios árboles en el parque.

The destructive windstorm knocked down several trees in the park.

Un vendaval inesperado sorprendió a los marineros durante su navegación.

An unexpected gale surprised the sailors during their voyage.

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Why is it masculine?

Vendavales (a strong wind) is masculine. While it is indeed a word of Arabic origin that entered Spanish during the medieval period, the etymology "bint al-hawai" is unverified and likely inaccurate. The word's masculine gender in Spanish is conventional and does not follow a predictable phonetic pattern, being assigned during the word's integration into Spanish's grammatical system, similar to many other Arabic loanwords.

What is the Spanish word for gales?

The Spanish word for gales is los vendavales — masculine.

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