Definite Article – el, la, los, las
The Spanish definite article has to agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies, and it doesn’t always correspond to an article in other languages.
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A1 - Beginning Spanish • agreement • gender • lesson plans • plurals
Indefinite Article – un, una, unos, unas
The singular indefinite articles in Spanish correspond to “a, an, one” in English. The plurals correspond to “some.” There are four Spanish indefinite articles.
A1 - Beginning Spanish • agreement • gender • indefinition • lesson plans • plurals
Lo – Neuter Article
Spanish’s neuter article, lo, is invariable and can be used in front of just about any adjective in order to express something abstract or a quality.
B1 - Intermediate Spanish • exclamations • neuter
Lo Quiz: Un fin de semana estupendo
Test yourself on the Spanish neuter article lo in this fill-in-the-blanks exercise:
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Stressed A
There’s an interesting phenomenon in Spanish regarding feminine nouns that begin with a stressed A sound. When these nouns are singular and preceded directly by a definite article, the masculine article is used instead of the feminine article you might expect.