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Which of the following words means 'police force'?
Which of the following words means 'police force'?
What does 'el orden' refer to?
What does 'el orden' refer to?
Which of these words means 'small boat'?
Which of these words means 'small boat'?
What is the meaning of 'la cuenta'?
What is the meaning of 'la cuenta'?
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Which of the following means 'storm'?
Which of the following means 'storm'?
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Study Notes
Spanish Gendered Nouns
- Spanish nouns have genders (masculine or feminine).
- This affects article choice (el for masculine, la for feminine).
- Some words have different meanings depending on gender.
- For example, el capital (capital, money) vs la capital (capital, city).
- El cólera (cholera) vs la cólera (anger).
- El coma (coma) vs la coma (comma).
- El cometa (comet) vs la cometa (kite).
- El corte (cut) vs la corte (court).
- El cura (priest) vs la cura (cure).
- El frente (front) vs la frente (forehead).
- El orden (order) vs la orden (order, command).
- El Papa, el papá (Pope, Dad) vs la papa (potato).
- El parte (bulletin, communiqué) vs la parte (part).
- El pez (fish) vs la pez (pitch, tar).
- El policía (policeman) vs la policía (police).
- El radio (radius, radium) vs la radio (radio).
Masculine and Feminine Pairs
- Some pairs of words share a similar root but differ in meaning and gender:
- El barco (ship, boat) vs la barca (small boat).
- El cargo (job, responsibility) vs la carga (cargo, load, charge).
- El cuadro (picture, painting) vs la cuadra (city block).
- El cuchillo (knife) vs la cuchilla (razor blade).
- El cuento (story) vs la cuenta (account, bill, bead).
- El mango (handle, mango) vs la manga (sleeve, hose pipe).
- El marco (manner, way) vs la marca (mark, brand).
- El modo (manner) vs la moda (fashion).
- El palo (stick) vs la pala (shovel).
- El peso (weight, unit of money) vs la pesa (weight, in weightlifting).
- El puerto (port) vs la puerta (door, gate).
- El tormento (torment) vs la tormenta (storm).
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Test your knowledge of Spanish gendered nouns with this quiz! Explore how gender affects article choice and the meanings of various words. Discover masculine and feminine pairs and their implications in the Spanish language.
