AccordSpanish gender. Demystified.
In Spanish, every noun has a gender — masculine or feminine. The patterns behind those genders are mostly predictable once you know what to look for. Start with the endings below.
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Six high-signal endings that cover a large share of Spanish nouns.
-ción / -sión
feminine
la nación, la pasión, la solución
-aje
masculine
el viaje, el mensaje, el paisaje
-dad / -tad
feminine
la ciudad, la libertad, la verdad
-or
masculine
el color, el amor, el sabor
-ez / -eza
feminine
la vez, la belleza, la tristeza
-ma (Greek)
masculine
el problema, el sistema, el idioma
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View all 1011 words →Words that are the same across languages
Cognates share their spelling or roots across Romance languages. They're the fastest way into Spanish gender — a handful of endings cover hundreds of words.
Spanish gender in Accord
Swipe through hundreds of words and master grammatical gender in Spanish.