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Put your Spanish to work by learning the Spanish names for various crafts and trades.
Most of these nouns have a masculine form and a feminine form – the latter generally ends in -a. When only one form is listed, the noun is always that gender, no matter what the gender of the person it is referring to.
actor actress |
un actor |
una actriz |
artist | un artista | una artista |
baker | un panadero | una panadera |
butcher | un carnicero | una carnicera |
carpenter | un carpintero | una carpintera |
cashier | un cajero | una cajera |
civil servant | un funcionario | una funcionaria |
cook | un cocinero | una cocinera |
doctor | un médico | una médica |
electrician | un electricista | una electrista |
employee | un empleado | una empleada |
engineer | un ingeniero | una ingeniera |
flight attendant | un auxiliar de vuelo | una auxiliar de vuelo |
lawyer (barrister) | un abogado | una abogada |
manager | un director | una directora |
mechanic | un mecánico | una mecánica |
nurse | un enfermero | una enfermera |
pilot | un piloto | |
plumber | un plomero | |
police officer | un policía | |
receptionist | una recepcionista | |
secretary | un secretario | una secretaria |
student | un estudiante | una estudiante |
teacher | un profesor | una profesora |
waiter waitress |
un camarero |
una camarera |
writer | un escritor | una escritora |
Unlike English, Spanish does not use an indefinite article in the following construction:
Noun / Name / Subject pronoun + ser + profession
Por ejemplo…
Mi hermano es ingeniero. | My brother is an engineer. | |
Francisca va a ser dentista. | Francisca is going to be a dentist. | |
Soy escritor. | I’m a writer. |
But you do need an article in other constructions:
Busco a un carpintero. | I’m looking for a carpenter. | |
¿Conoces a un buen mecánico? | Do you know a good mechanic? |
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