{"id":5233,"date":"2012-07-04T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-04T12:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=5233"},"modified":"2014-07-15T14:03:38","modified_gmt":"2014-07-15T18:03:38","slug":"masculine-or-feminine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/masculine-or-feminine\/","title":{"rendered":"Masculine or feminine?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Words ending in -o are usually masculine and words ending in -a are usually feminine in Spanish, but, as you may have noticed, there are exceptions. So, how do we know when a word is masculine or feminine? So here are some tips.<\/p>\n

Words that are usually masculine ending in<\/strong><\/p>\n

-o<\/strong>: cari\u00f1o [caress]<\/em>, libro [book]<\/em>
\n-or<\/strong>: candor [innocence]<\/em>, reesplandor [glare]<\/em>, color [color]<\/em>, dolor [pain], valor [value]<\/em>
\n-aje<\/strong>: blindaje [armor plating]<\/em>, peritaje [inspection]<\/em>, libertinaje [debauchery]<\/em>, abordaje [approach]<\/em>
\n-ma<\/strong>: poema [poem]<\/em>, sistema [system]<\/em>, teorema [theorem]<\/em>, fonema [phoneme]<\/em>, problema [problem]<\/em>
\n-an<\/strong>: pan [bread],<\/em> azafr\u00e1n [saffron]<\/em>, mazap\u00e1n [marzipan]<\/em>, plan [plan]<\/em>
\n-ambre<\/strong>: enjambre [swarm]<\/em>, alambre [wire]<\/em>, hambre [hunger]<\/em><\/p>\n

Some exceptions: la mano, la radio, la moto, la foto, la dinamo, la libido<\/p>\n

Words that are usually feminine ending in<\/strong><\/p>\n

-a<\/strong>: casa [house]<\/em>, mesa [table \u201c\u201d not found \/]
\n<\/em>, tiza [chalk]<\/em>
\n-dad<\/strong>: bondad [kindness]<\/em>, amabilidad [kindness<\/em>], caridad [charity]<\/em>
\n-umbre<\/strong>: mansedumbre [meekness]<\/em>, podredumbre [rottenness]<\/em>, pesadumbre [grief]<\/em>
\n-tud<\/strong>: virtud [virtue]<\/em>, exactitud [accuracy<\/em>], solicitud [application, request]<\/em>
\n-eza, -nza<\/strong>: pureza [purity]<\/em>, realeza [royalty]<\/em>, esperanza [hope]<\/em>, templanza [temperance]<\/em>
\n-ie<\/strong>: progenie [progeny]<\/em>, barbarie [savagery]<\/em>
\n-ci\u00f3n, -si\u00f3n<\/strong>: realizaci\u00f3n [execution]<\/em>, admiraci\u00f3n [admiration]<\/em>, vocaci\u00f3n [vocation]<\/em>, canci\u00f3n [song]<\/em>, erosi\u00f3n [erosion]<\/em>, visi\u00f3n [vision]<\/em>, sesi\u00f3n [session]<\/em>
\n-cia, -ncia<\/strong>: eficacia [effectiveness],<\/em> tolerancia [tolerance]<\/em><\/p>\n

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Words ending in -o are usually masculine and words ending in -a are usually feminine in Spanish, but, as you may have noticed, there are exceptions. So, how do we know when a word is masculine or feminine? So here are some tips. Words that are usually masculine ending in -o: cari\u00f1o [caress], libro [book]…<\/p>\n

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