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empresas

Empresas is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las empresas ("companies").

FEMININE

empresas is the plural of empresa

las empresas — companies

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empresas
/las emˈpɾesas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say empresas in Spanish?

IPA
/las emˈpɾesas/

How do you pronounce empresas in Spanish?

empresas is pronounced /las emˈpɾesas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La empresa española es muy grande y tiene miles de empleados en toda Europa.

The Spanish company is very large and has thousands of employees throughout Europe.

Mi empresa favorita acaba de lanzar un producto nuevo que es completamente innovador.

My favorite company just launched a new product that is completely innovative.

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Why is it feminine?

Empresas is feminine because it derives from the Latin "impresa" (feminine noun meaning "undertaking" or "enterprise"), which itself comes from the past participle of "imprendere" (to undertake), and Latin nouns ending in "-a" are typically feminine. The gender was retained when the word evolved into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for companies?

The Spanish word for companies is las empresas — feminine.

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