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  2. Grammatical gender in Spanish - Wikipedia

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    Every Spanish noun has a specific gender, either masculine or feminine, in the context of a sentence. Generally, nouns referring to males or male animals are masculine, while those referring to females are feminine. [1] [2] In terms of importance, the masculine gender is the default or unmarked, while the feminine gender is marked or distinct. [2]

  3. Gender neutrality in Spanish - Wikipedia

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    Some Spanish-speaking people advocate for the use of the pronouns elle (singular) and elles (plural). [14] Spanish often uses -a and -o for gender agreement in adjectives corresponding with feminine and masculine nouns, respectively; in order to agree with a gender neutral or non-binary noun, it is suggested to use the suffix -e.

  4. Most common words in Spanish - Wikipedia

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    The first table lists the 100 most common word forms from the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual (CREA), a text corpus compiled by the Real Academia Española (RAE). The RAE is Spain's official institution for documenting, planning, and standardising the Spanish language. A word form is any of the grammatical variations of a word.

  5. Grammatical gender - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish word origen ("origin") is masculine, but its close relatives origem (from Portuguese), orixe (from Asturian) and origem/ orixe from Galician are feminine. The French word équipe ("team") is feminine, while the Spanish word equipo is masculine. The Spanish form contrasts with the Portuguese equipa / equipe, both of which are feminine.

  6. Javier (name) - Wikipedia

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    Loss of the initial e; Loss of the ending i; Middle, accentuated, e became the diphthongized form ie Old Spanish X was pronounced /ʃ/ as in Basque, like an English sh.Old Spanish /ʃ/ then merged with J (then pronounced the English and later the French way) into /x/, which is now spelled J and pronounced like Scottish or German ch or as English h.

  7. Elle (Spanish pronoun) - Wikipedia

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    Some linguists have expressed opposition to the need to create a new pronoun, arguing that it is unnecessary because gender neutrality in Spanish already exists in the form of the generic masculine. [3] Other linguists have expressed opposition to the adoption of the term, stating that it is not feasible to impose a word on speakers of a language.

  8. Spanish determiners - Wikipedia

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    There are many more words that can be used as determiners in Spanish. They mostly end in -o and have the usual four forms (-o, -a, -os, -as) to agree with the noun. ¡Otra cerveza, por favor! = "Another beer, please!" Mucha gente pasa por aquí = "Many people pass through here" No hay tanta gente como en verano = "There are not as many people ...

  9. René - Wikipedia

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    René (born again or reborn in French) is a common first name in French-speaking, Spanish-speaking, and German-speaking countries. It derives from the Latin name Renatus. René is the masculine form of the name (Renée being the feminine form). In some non-Francophone countries, however, there exists the habit of giving the name René ...