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Edades is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las edades ("ages").
FEMININEedades is the plural of edad
las edades — ages
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How do you say edades in Spanish?
How do you pronounce edades in Spanish?
edades is pronounced /las eˈðaðes/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La edad avanzada de mi abuela la hace muy sabia.
My grandmother's advanced age makes her very wise.
La edad legal para votar es importante en cualquier democracia.
The legal age to vote is important in any democracy.
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Why is it feminine?
Edades is feminine because it derives from the Latin "aetās" (also spelled "aetas"), which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Spanish retained the feminine gender of its etymological source. This Latin noun referred to age or lifetime and belonged to the third declension of feminine nouns ending in -tās, a suffix that typically produced feminine words in Romance languages.
What is the Spanish word for ages?
The Spanish word for ages is las edades — feminine.
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