rodillas
Rodillas is feminine in Spanish. The article is las, so the full form is las rodillas ("knees").
FEMININErodillas is the plural of rodilla
las rodillas — knees
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How do you say rodillas in Spanish?
How do you pronounce rodillas in Spanish?
rodillas is pronounced /las roˈðiʎas/ in Spanish.
Example sentences
La rodilla izquierda está hinchada y me duele mucho.
The left knee is swollen and hurts me a lot.
Me fracturé la rodilla derecha durante el partido de fútbol.
I broke my right knee during the soccer match.
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Why is it feminine?
Rodillas is feminine because it derives from the Latin "rotella," the diminutive of "rota" (wheel), which retained the feminine gender of its Latin ancestor through the -ella/-illa suffix pattern that typically produces feminine nouns in Romance languages.
What is the Spanish word for knees?
The Spanish word for knees is las rodillas — feminine.
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