OK, so your Spanish teacher taught you that basically words ending in -a take the article “la” and words ending in -o take the article “el”. Right? Not quite. There are words that defy categorization and there is no magic way to learn them other than study and remember their gender. Here’s a little list:<\/p>\n
el acorde – chord<\/p>\n
el problema – problem<\/p>\n
el barniz – varnish<\/p>\n
el cobre – copper<\/p>\n
el cometa – comet<\/p>\n
el mueble – piece of furniture<\/p>\n
el pez – fish (living)<\/p>\n
el pie – foot<\/p>\n
el reloj – clock, wristwatch<\/p>\n
el sauce – willow<\/p>\n
el taller – workshop<\/p>\n
el yate – yacht<\/p>\n
la cruz – cross<\/p>\n
la flor – flower<\/p>\n
la frente – forehead<\/p>\n
la gripe \u2013 influenza, the flu<\/p>\n
la leche – milk<\/p>\n
la nave -spaceshift, depot<\/p>\n
la nieve – snow<\/p>\n
la tos – cough<\/p>\n
la ubre – udder<\/p>\n
la mano – hand<\/p>\n
el sof\u00e1 – sofa<\/p>\n
el tema – theme, topic<\/p>\n
la radio – radio<\/p>\n
See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OK, so your Spanish teacher taught you that basically words ending in -a take the article “la” and words ending in -o take the article “el”. Right? Not quite. There are words that defy categorization and there is no magic way to learn them other than study and remember their gender. Here’s a little list…<\/p>\n