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Spanish Gender

This page discusses the gender in Spanish. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: el niño / el chico
Girl: la niña / la chica
Man: el hombre
Woman: la mujer
Father: el padre
Mother: la madre
Brother: el hermano
Sister: la hermana
Actor: el actor
Actress: la actriz
Cat (m): el gato
Cat (f): la gata

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: (Él) es alto
She is tall: (Ella) es alta
He is a short man: (Él) es un hombre bajo
She is a short woman: (Ella) es una mujer baja
He is German: (Él) es alemán
She is German: (Ella) es alemana
Japanese men are friendly: Los hombres japoneses son simpáticos
Japanese women are friendly: Las mujeres japonesas son simpáticas

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