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Learn the gender rules of Spanish nouns, practice with examples like "el chico" (the boy) and "la chica" (the girl), and understand exceptions to patterns. Discover how certain endings indicate masculine or feminine gender, and grasp noun gender with articles like "el" or "la."
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Gender of Nouns In Spanish, all nouns have gender; they are either masculine or feminine. Nouns that end in ‘-o’ are generally masculine. el chico the boy el libro the book
Nouns that end in ‘-a’, ‘-ción’, ‘-sión’, ‘-dad’, or ‘-tad’ are usually feminine. la chica the girl la puerta the door la presentación the presentation la nación the nation ** Note that the ending ‘ción’ in Spanish is ‘tion’ in English.
la missión the mission la televisión the television [the media] la posibilidad the possibility la libertad the liberty **Note that the endings ‘tad’ & ‘dad’ in Spanish is ‘ty’ in English.
Then gender of other types of Spanish nouns must be learned with the nouns themselves, since they may not fall into one of these patterns. El día - the day la tarde – the afternoon la noche – the night Some nouns have only one form, and the gender is determined by the article. el estudiante – the student [masc.] la estudiante – the student [fem.]
