(due to an unmentioned feminine noun such as letra ‘letter’, isla‘island’,
compañía‘company’, carretera‘road’):
las haches the hs las Galápagos the Galapagos
la SEAT SEAT la Panamericanathe Pan-American highwayNames of countries, regions and townsPlace names ending in unstressed-aare feminine and the rest are masculine:(el) Ecuador Bolivia (fem.) Panamá (masc.) Andalucía (fem.)
el Sanlúcar modern Sanlúcar la Huelva historic Huelva
moderno histórica
For the use of articles with place names, see 3.2.2.1 and 3.2.2.2.Nouns of dual gender with different meaningsSome nouns bear dual gender but change their meaning according to the
gender used. The following are the most common:Masculine Feminineel capital capital (money) la capital capital (city)
el cólera cholera (sickness) la cólera anger
el cometa comet la cometa kite
el corte cut la corte (royal) court
el frente front la frente forehead
el margen margin la margen (river) bank
el orden order la orden command,
(arrangement) religious
order
el Papa the Pope la papa[LA] potato
el parte dispatch, report la parte part, portion
el pendienteearring la pendiente slope
el pez fish (in water) la pez pitch, tar2.2.62.2.51111
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