Gender of Nouns

General guidelines for nouns referring to places and things

In the following list of examples, the endings of nouns are in bold.

1. Most nouns that end in -o, -ma, -pa, -ta, -l, -n, -r and -s, are masculine.

2. Most nouns that end in -a, -ción, -sión, -dad, -tad, -sis, -itis, and -z are feminine.

3. Nouns that end in -e can be either masculine or feminine.