🇪🇸 Spanish

metas

Metas is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las metas ("goals").

FEMININE

metas is the plural of meta

las metas — goals

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metas
/las ˈmetas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say metas in Spanish?

IPA
/las ˈmetas/

How do you pronounce metas in Spanish?

metas is pronounced /las ˈmetas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La meta final del proyecto era ambiciosa y difícil de alcanzar.

The final goal of the project was ambitious and difficult to achieve.

Hemos llegado a la meta deseada después de mucho trabajo constante.

We have reached the desired goal after much constant work.

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Why is it feminine?

Metas is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "meta" (a feminine noun meaning a turning post or goal), which retained its original gender through the Romance language evolution. The Latin word itself likely came from an Etruscan or other pre-Indo-European source, but the feminine gender was established in Latin and simply carried forward into Spanish.

What is the Spanish word for goals?

The Spanish word for goals is las metas — feminine.

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