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  1. Aug 2, 2010 · Learn why \"día\" is a masculine noun and requires the article \"el\" in Spanish. See examples, exceptions and answers from other users on this forum question.

  2. Oct 30, 2009 · is dia (spanish for day) male or female (i know it ends in a, but i remember it being male) would it be el dia or la dia?

  3. Feb 13, 2015 · 11. votes. Por lo general, los sustantivos españoles siguen por la "regla" A y O. Sin embargo, algunos no lo hacen. Usually Spanish nouns follow the A and O “rule”. But some do not. The idea is to write a sentence in English and Spanish with a noun that does not follow the “rule”.

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    Exceptions to the a-is-feminine-o-is-masculine rule fall into six categories: 1. Words that are shortened versions of other words. For example, la foto (photograph) is feminine because it's short for la fotografía. 2. Words that end in -ista as the equivalent of the English "-ist." For example, dentista can be either masculine or feminine depending...

    Here are the most common words violating the a/orule, although there are dozens of others: 1. el aroma: aroma 2. el Canadá: Canada 3. el clima: climate 4. el cólera: cholera (but la cólera, anger) 5. el cometa: comet (butla cometa, kite) 6. el cura: male priest (but la cura, cure or female priest) 7. el día: day 8. el diagrama: diagram 9. el dilema...

    Most words that refer to people's jobs or roles, many ending in -ista or -eta, that can be either masculine or feminine are not listed above. Most have English cognates. Among the abundance of words that fit that category are: 1. el/la atleta: athlete 2. el/la artista: artist 3. el/la astronauta: astronaut 4. el/la dentista: dentist 5. el/la derech...

    Also not included in the top list are combinations such as el agua (water) and el águila (eagle)—feminine words that begin with a stressed a- or ha- and are immediately preceded by el (rather than la) in the singular form only. With these words, eldoesn't indicate gender but is used instead for ease of pronunciation. It is similar to the way in whi...

    Learn why some Spanish nouns that end in -o are feminine and some that end in -a are masculine. See examples of common exceptions and how to use them correctly.

  4. día. 1. a (l) día de hoy. → hoy. 2. buen día o buenos días. La fórmula de saludo que se emplea durante la mañana es, en el español general, buenos días.

  5. Jun 3, 2023 · a los X días de mes Y de año Z. is typical of formal, mainly legal documents. The grammatical reason why the plural is used is that a plural noun is needed after a cardinal number, as is the case with "10" (10 días).

  6. masculine noun. 1. (= período de 24 horas) day. pasaré un par de días en la playa I’ll spend a couple of days at the beach. todos los días every day. pollitos de un día day-old chicks. a los pocos días within or after a few days ⧫ a few days later. al otro día the following day. al día siguiente the following day.