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Pétalos is masculine in Spanish. The article is los, so the full form is los pétalos ("petals").
MASCULINEpétalos is the plural of pétalo
los pétalos — petals
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How do you say pétalos in Spanish?
How do you pronounce pétalos in Spanish?
pétalos is pronounced /los ˈpetalos/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
El pétalo rojo cayó lentamente al suelo.
The red petal fell slowly to the ground.
Encontré un pétalo delicado pegado en mi libro antiguo.
I found a delicate petal stuck in my old book.
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Why is it masculine?
Pétalos is masculine because it derives from Latin "petalum," which was neuter in Latin but became masculine in Spanish through a regular sound change (Latin neuter -um endings often became masculine -o in Spanish). The semantic shift from botanical term to a countable object also reinforced masculine gender assignment in Spanish's evolving grammar system.
What is the Spanish word for petals?
The Spanish word for petals is los pétalos — masculine.
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