Género gramatical: excepciones
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One of the first things that Spanish students learn is that most Spanish nouns that end in -o are masculine and most that end in -a are feminine. Here are the exceptions to this rule.
Feminine nouns that end in -o
la dinamo | dynamo | |
la disco* | disco | |
la foto* | photo | |
la Gestapo | Gestapo | |
la libido | libido | |
la magneto | magneto | |
la mano | hand | |
la moto* | motorcycle | |
la polio | polio | |
la porno* | pornography | |
la radio* | radio |
* These words are shortened from words that do end in A: discoteca, fotografía, motocicleta, pornografía, and radiodifusión.
Masculine nouns that end in -a
el aroma | aroma, scent | |
el Canadá | Canada | |
el clima | climate | |
el cometa | comet | |
el cura | priest | |
el diagrama | diagram, outline | |
el dilema | dilemma | |
el diploma | diploma | |
el drama | drama | |
el día | day | |
el enigma | enigma | |
el esquema | outlne | |
el fantasma | ghost | |
el idioma | language | |
el mapa | map | |
el morfema | morpheme | |
el panorama | panorama | |
el planeta | planet | |
el poema | poem | |
el problema | problem | |
el programa | program | |
el síntoma | symptom | |
el sistema | system | |
el sofá | sofa | |
el tanga | thong, G-string | |
el telegrama | telegram | |
el teorema | theorem | |
el tema | theme | |
el tranvía | streetcar | |
el trauma | trauma |
Also see my lesson on the stressed A, which causes feminine nouns to take the masculine article.
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