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Spanish Nouns - Gender
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Language - Spanish
Undergraduate 1
09/20/2010

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Term

Nouns ending in

-dad

Definition

feminine

 

la ciudad, la difficultad

Term

nouns ending in

 

-tad

Definition

feminine

 

 

la dificultad

Term

nouns ending in

 

-tud

Definition

feminine

 

la actitud (attitude)

Term

nouns ending in

 

-ción

Definition

feminine

 

 

la nación

Term

nouns ending in

 

-sión

Definition

feminine

 

 

la inversión (investment)

Term

nouns ending in

 

-umbre

Definition

feminine

 

 

la muchedumbre (crowd)

Term

nouns ending in

 

 

-sis

Definition

feminine

 

 

la tesis, la dosis

Term

feminine nouns beginning

with -a

 

(águila, arma, agua)

Definition

use masculine definite article

 

(el águila, el arma

las águilas, las armas)

Term

masculine nouns ending in

-a

Definition
  • el clima               (most are "ma")
  • el día
  • el drama                  -el idioma
  • el mapa
  • el planeta               (la cama and la pluma
  • el poema
  • el programa
  • el sistema
  • el telegrama
  • el tema
Term
mapa
Definition

masculine

 

el mapa

Term
día
Definition

masculine

 

el día

Term
clima
Definition

masculine

 

el clima

 

the climate

Term
tema
Definition

masculine

 

el tema

 

the theme

Term
sistema
Definition

masculine

 

el sistema

Term
programa
Definition

masculine

 

el programa

Term
drama
Definition

masculine

 

el drama

Term
poema
Definition

masculine

 

el poema

Term
planeta
Definition

masculine

 

el planeta

Term

nouns ending in

 

-ista

Definition

masculine or feminine

 

refer to professions or political persuasions

 

el dentista, la novelista, el comunista

Term

nouns ending in

 

-e

Definition

many tend to be masculine

el parque        el baile               el aceite

el coche          el bosque            el café

el viaje           el cacahuate       el pie - foot

el postre         el nombre          el deporte - sport

el aire             el cine                el puente - bridge

el arte            el accidente        el guisante - pea

 

 

 

Term

feminine nouns ending in

 

-e

Definition

la calle              la noche                   la parte

 

la classe            la nube                    la tarde

 

la fe                  la suerte

 

la leche             la fuente (fountain)

 

la llave              la gente

Term
parque
Definition
el parque
Term
calle
Definition
la calle
Term
coche
Definition
el coche
Term
viaje
Definition

el viaje

(trip)

Term
postre
Definition

el postre

 

(dessert)

Term
clase
Definition

la clase

 

(the class)

Term
aire
Definition
el aire
Term
arte
Definition

el arte

 

becomes fem. in plural

las bellas artes (fine arts)

Term
fe
Definition

la fe

 

(faith)

Term
leche
Definition
la leche
Term
baile
Definition
el baile
Term
bosque
Definition
el bosque
Term
cacahuate
Definition
el cacahuate
Term
nombre
Definition
el nombre
Term
llave
Definition
la llave
Term
cine
Definition
el cine
Term
accidente
Definition
el accidente
Term
noche
Definition
la noche
Term
nube
Definition
la nube
Term
aceite
Definition
EL aceite
Term
café
Definition
el café
Term
suerte
Definition
la suerte
Term
pie
Definition

el pie

 

(foot)

Term
fuente
Definition

la fuente

 

(fountain)

Term
deporte
Definition

el deporte

 

(sport)

Term
gente
Definition
la gente
Term
parte
Definition

la parte

 

(part)

Term
puente
Definition

el puente

 

(bridge)

Term
guisante
Definition

el guisante

 

(pea)

Term
parte
Definition

la parte

 

(part)

Term
tarde
Definition

la tarde

 

(afternoon)

Term
cura
Definition

el cura - priest

la cura - cure

Term
capital
Definition

el capital - capital (investment)

 

la capital - capital (city)

Term

orden

 

Definition

el orden - order (arrangement)

 

la orden - order (command or religious)

Term
coléra
Definition

el coléra - cholera

 

la coléra - anger

Term
corte
Definition

el corte - cut

 

la corte - court

Term
coma
Definition

el coma - coma

 

la coma - comma

Term
frente
Definition

el frente - front

 

la frente - forehead

Term
papa
Definition

el papa - pope

 

la papa - potato (latin america)

Term
policía
Definition

 

el policía - police officer

 

 

la policía - police department

Term
mano
Definition
la mano
Term
-dor /-dora
Definition

refer to equipment or machinery

because word aparato or màquina is understood

both forms acceptable, regional variation

 

el / la  computador/a

el/la lavador/a

el/la congelador/a - freezer

el/la mezclador/a - mixer

el/la secador/a - dryer

 

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