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Piedras is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las piedras ("stones").
FEMININEpiedras is the plural of piedra
las piedras — stones
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How do you say piedras in Spanish?
How do you pronounce piedras in Spanish?
piedras is pronounced /las ˈpjeðɾas/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La piedra grande cayó del acantilado y destruyó la casa antigua.
The large stone fell from the cliff and destroyed the old house.
La piedra preciosa que encontramos era muy valiosa y hermosa.
The precious stone that we found was very valuable and beautiful.
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Why is it feminine?
Piedras is feminine because it derives from Latin "petra," which was feminine in gender, and Spanish retained this grammatical gender through normal sound changes (the -a ending typically signals feminine nouns in modern Spanish). The Latin word itself likely came from Greek "petra," which was also feminine.
What is the Spanish word for stones?
The Spanish word for stones is las piedras — feminine.
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