OK, so your Spanish teacher taught you that basically words ending in -a take the article “la” and words ending in -o take the article “el”. Right? Not quite. There are words that defy categorization and there is no magic way to learn them other than study and remember their gender. Here’s a little list:
el acorde - chord
el problema - problem
el barniz - varnish
el cobre - copper
el cometa - comet
el mueble - piece of furniture
el pez - fish (living)
el pie - foot
el reloj - clock, wristwatch
el sauce - willow
el taller - workshop
el yate - yacht
la cruz - cross
la flor - flower
la frente - forehead
la gripe – influenza, the flu
la leche - milk
la nave -spaceshift, depot
la nieve - snow
la tos - cough
la ubre - udder
la mano - hand
el sofá - sofa
el tema - theme, topic
la radio - radio
See you next time!
