Note
"El" for masculine nouns, "la" for feminine. Plural: "los" / "las".
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Masculine and feminine nouns with their definite articles. Learning gender with the word is the key habit. Use this page to study the core Spanish words, English meanings, part-of-speech labels, and example sentences for this topic.
Review each word with examples and usage notes where available.
"El" for masculine nouns, "la" for feminine. Plural: "los" / "las".
"Un" for masculine, "una" for feminine. Plural: "unos" / "unas".
El libro está en la mesa.
The book is on the table.
La casa es muy grande.
The house is very big.
Many nouns change -o to -a for feminine: el niño → la niña.
El perro es muy simpático.
The dog is very friendly.
Nouns ending in -dad/-tad/-ión are almost always feminine.
"El carro" in Latin America.
"El tiempo" = weather or (uncountable) time. "La hora" = the time of day.
Feminine noun but uses "el" in singular to avoid vowel clash: "el agua fría".
Voy al mercado. Vengo del trabajo.
I'm going to the market. I'm coming from work.
Only "el" contracts — never "la/los/las": "a la tienda" (no contraction).