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"Clothes" is a plural noun which is often translated as "la ropa", and "clothing" is a noun which is also often translated as "la ropa". Learn more about the difference between "clothes" and "clothing" below.
clothes()
A plural noun indicates that there is more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
clothing()
A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
1. (clothes)
b. la vestimenta (F)
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
I recognized him by his outlandish clothing.Lo reconocí por su vestimenta estrafalaria.
