{"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":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Words that are usually masculine ending in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>-o<\/strong>: cari\u00f1o<em> [caress]<\/em>, libro <em>[book]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-or<\/strong>: candor <em>[innocence]<\/em>, reesplandor <em>[glare]<\/em>, color<em> [color]<\/em>, dolor [pain], valor <em>[value]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-aje<\/strong>: blindaje <em>[armor plating]<\/em>, peritaje<em> [inspection]<\/em>, libertinaje <em>[debauchery]<\/em>, abordaje<em> [approach]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-ma<\/strong>: poema <em>[poem]<\/em>, sistema <em>[system]<\/em>, teorema <em>[theorem]<\/em>, fonema <em>[phoneme]<\/em>, problema<em> [problem]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-an<\/strong>: pan <em>[bread],<\/em> azafr\u00e1n <em>[saffron]<\/em>, mazap\u00e1n <em>[marzipan]<\/em>, plan <em>[plan]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-ambre<\/strong>: enjambre <em>[swarm]<\/em>, alambre <em>[wire]<\/em>, hambre <em>[hunger]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some exceptions: la mano, la radio, la moto, la foto, la dinamo, la libido<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Words that are usually feminine ending in<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>-a<\/strong>: casa <em>[house]<\/em>, mesa <em>[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]<br \/>\n<\/em>, tiza <em>[chalk]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-dad<\/strong>: bondad <em>[kindness]<\/em>, amabilidad <em>[kindness<\/em>], caridad <em>[charity]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-umbre<\/strong>: mansedumbre <em>[meekness]<\/em>, podredumbre <em>[rottenness]<\/em>, pesadumbre <em>[grief]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-tud<\/strong>: virtud <em>[virtue]<\/em>, exactitud <em>[accuracy<\/em>], solicitud <em>[application, request]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-eza, -nza<\/strong>: pureza <em>[purity]<\/em>, realeza <em>[royalty]<\/em>, esperanza <em>[hope]<\/em>, templanza <em>[temperance]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-ie<\/strong>: progenie <em>[progeny]<\/em>, barbarie <em>[savagery]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-ci\u00f3n, -si\u00f3n<\/strong>: realizaci\u00f3n <em>[execution]<\/em>, admiraci\u00f3n <em>[admiration]<\/em>, vocaci\u00f3n <em>[vocation]<\/em>, canci\u00f3n <em>[song]<\/em>, erosi\u00f3n <em>[erosion]<\/em>, visi\u00f3n <em>[vision]<\/em>, sesi\u00f3n <em>[session]<\/em><br \/>\n<strong>-cia, -ncia<\/strong>: eficacia <em>[effectiveness],<\/em> tolerancia <em>[tolerance]<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Want more free resources to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.transparent.com\/learn-spanish\/\">learn Spanish<\/a>? Check out the other goodies we offer to help make your language learning efforts a daily habit.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"228\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/dicionario-350x228.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/dicionario-350x228.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2012\/07\/dicionario.jpg 460w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>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]&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/masculine-or-feminine\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5237,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[358365],"class_list":["post-5233","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","tag-grammar"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5233"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8093,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5233\/revisions\/8093"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}