🇪🇸 Spanish

personas

Did you know? This word is a cognate — it looks similar in English and has the same meaning. Cognates are usually easier to remember!

Personas is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las personas ("people").

FEMININE

personas is the plural of persona

las personas — people

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personas
/las peɾˈsonas/
← masculine feminine →

How do you say personas in Spanish?

IPA
/las peɾˈsonas/

How do you pronounce personas in Spanish?

personas is pronounced /las peɾˈsonas/ in Spanish.

Example sentences

La persona responsable de este proyecto es muy inteligente y dedicada.

The responsible person in charge of this project is very intelligent and dedicated.

Esa persona mayor necesita ayuda porque está cansada y enferma.

That elderly person needs help because she is tired and sick.

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Why is it feminine?

Personas is feminine in Spanish because it derives from Latin "persōna," which was grammatically feminine in that language, and Spanish retained this gender assignment when inheriting the word. The Latin term originally referred to theatrical masks or characters, and this gender persisted through the Romance languages.

What is the Spanish word for people?

The Spanish word for people is las personas — feminine.

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