golondrinas
Golondrinas is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las golondrinas ("swallows").
FEMININEgolondrinas is the plural of golondrina
las golondrinas — swallows
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How do you pronounce golondrinas in Spanish?
golondrinas is pronounced /las ɡolonˈdɾinas/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La golondrina negra construyó su nido en la rama alta del árbol.
The black swallow built her nest on the high branch of the tree.
Observé a una golondrina azul que volaba rápidamente sobre el río.
I observed a blue swallow that was flying quickly over the river.
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Why is it feminine?
Golondrinas is feminine because it derives from Latin "hirundo," which was a feminine noun in Latin, and Spanish inherited this grammatical gender along with the word through sound changes (hirundo > golondrina). The -ina ending, while often diminutive, reinforced the feminine classification in Spanish's gender system.
What is the Spanish word for swallows?
The Spanish word for swallows is las golondrinas — feminine.
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