We said words that end in -or are masculine. But since doctor refers to a person and an occupation, it’s the gender of the doctor that will determine the article and ending. If it is a female doctor it would be: LA doctorA (we said that only those occupations ending in -e never ...
Following are some other guides to gender determination. Note that many words have definitions in addition to those listed: Feminine Suffixes Nouns ending in certainsuffixesare usually feminine. They include-ción(usually the equivalent of "-tion"),-sión,-ía(usually the equivalent of "-y," alt...
Spanish words that start with "H" "Happy Birthday" song "Happy Valentine's Day" in Spanish "Happy birthday" in Spanish "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" by Dr. Seuss "hacer" in the past tense "hacer" preterite conjugation "have a good day" in Spanish "hello" song "hermosa" in Spanish...
Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine. Masculine nouns usually end with '-ma,' '-pa,' '-ta,' or a letter from the acronym LONERS. On the other hand, feminine words usually end in '-a,' '-ión,' '-dad,' '-tad,' and '-tud.' ...
-ear— common verb ending, often used with coined words —emailear, to email -ense— indicates place of origin —estadounidense, of or from the United States, American -ería— place where items are made or sold —zapatería, shoe store ...
We form Spanish adverbs (los adverbios) by adding the ending -mente to the feminine form of the adjective. Some adverbs have the same form as masculine singular adjectives. Learn to form Spanish adverbs correctly with Lingolia’s quick and easy examples,
whenCastellanostell me they hate howMadrileñospronounce the D, you know it is a local accent and is not just part of Spanish at large. Like I said, it was the D at theendof the word. In words likediversidad, it was only the ending that had a TH sound, not the first or ...
Now, let’s put together everything we’ve learned so far and figure out exactly how to pronounce some Spanish words. Where do we put the stress? There are four main rules when it comes to stress in Spanish. Words ending inN,Sor a vowel without written accent ...
It’s the difference between “insult” (IN-sult), as in “I couldn’t think of a goodinsult,” and “insult” (in-SULT), as in “She’s going to insultme now.” The two rules are simple: 1. For words ending in a vowel,nors, spoken stress is on the second-to-last syllable...
It was perceived as having two syllables and, according to Spanish rules for words ending in n or s, required an accent on the final syllable (e.g., guión). However, many Spanish native speakers, particularly those in Latin America, actually pronounce this word as a monosílabo (...