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How do you say "surgery" in Spanish?
la cirugía
In Spanish, "surgery" is la cirugía.
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Pronunciation
It's spoken as "la cirugía" - c before e or i gets that same soft 'th' sound; the accent tells you to stress the syllable with 'i'; "la" is only the tag meaning 'the'.
Grammar notes
la cirugía is feminine. Its plural is cirugías.
Example sentence
La cirugía duró tres horas.
The surgery lasted three hours.
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How to remember la cirugía
Picture the scene from the example - "The surgery lasted three hours." - and tie the image directly to "cirugía".
Related words
- skull el cráneo
- spine la columna vertebral
- rib la costilla
- skin la piel
- nail el clavo
- elbow el codo
- wrist la muñeca
- ankle el tobillo
- knee la rodilla
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Questions about la cirugía
How do you pronounce la cirugía?
It's spoken as "la cirugía" - c before e or i gets that same soft 'th' sound; the accent tells you to stress the syllable with 'i'; "la" is only the tag meaning 'the'.
Is la cirugía masculine or feminine?
la cirugía is feminine. la cirugía is feminine. Its plural is cirugías.
How is la cirugía used in Spanish?
la cirugía is used the same way as the equivalent English noun. For example: La cirugía duró tres horas. (The surgery lasted three hours.).
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