Plural of virus

Question

Is it las virusas? or los virus'

Answer 1

A noun or an adjectives ending in S or X remains the same in plural if this last syllable is unstressed, like in virus, cáctus, or crisis.
Its plural has an extra -es if this syllable is stressed and the word is singular, like in francés, tos or fax.

Answer 2

I am from Spain. I live in the UK, where Weetabix is based. However, they export this product to over 80 countries (according to Wikipedia), and there is a www.weetabixusa.com, so I thought it was pretty international.

Answer 3

Thank you Lazarus. A question of more personal note - are you in Europe or America? (I am curious, since you know what Weetabix is what I never heard of.)

Answer 4

Weetabix is a brand of cereals, and it sounds like "weetabics". The funny thing is that children generalized the rules of the plurals, guessing that "weetabics" actually means several "weetabic".

Secondarily, is there a term or does the term "mass noun" exist in Spanish? I am referring to words like rain, snow or fog.

Sustantivos/nombres colectivos.

Answer 5

I've heard English children saying "Can I have one Weetabic'" (one Weetabic, a pack of Weetabics)
I give up Lazarus! What is a Weetabic?
Secondarily, is there a term or does the term "mass noun" exist in Spanish? I am referring to words like rain, snow or fog.

Answer 6

I've heard English children saying "Can I have one Weetabic'" (one Weetabic, a pack of Weetabics)

Answer 7

Algunas observaciones:

1. Francés>franceses, en el plural se pierde la tilde.

2. Al referirse al sustantivo tos en plural nunca he oído u oír algo como: "hay dos toses una es la seca y la otra con flemas." Lo común es decir "hay dos tipos de tos, una es la seca y la otra con flemas."

3. También el sustantivo "tenis" es invariable se dice: el tenis, los tenis. Aunque he oído gente que al referirse a uno solo de los tenis dice "el teni" es decir que le quita la ese.

Answer 8

Thank you!
This is the first Spanish word I have encountered that has the same singular as plural spelling.

brenda said:

The correct translation is: LOS VIRUS

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Answer 9

The correct translation is: LOS VIRUS