Nouns - Learn Spanish

Nouns

Nouns are words that refer to people, places, things and concepts. Nouns can refer to one item (singular) or more than one item (plural). In Spanish, all nouns either have a masculine or feminine gender.

Gender

All nouns in Spanish belong to either a masculine or a feminine grammatical gender. The gender of the noun affects the form of the definite article, indefinite article, and adjectives related to it.

Nouns ending in a are usually feminine. All nouns ending in -ción/sión, -dad/tad, and -ez are also feminine. Nouns ending in o, except "mano" (hand), and "radio" are masculine. In other cases the gender of the noun can't be predicted and will need to be memorized.

Plural

The plural of nouns is formed by adding s when the noun ends in a vowel and es when the noun ends in a consonant.

Definite Article

In Spanish, the definite article, the in English, has different forms depending on whether the noun it is used with is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. As in English the definite article comes before the noun.

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	el	los
Feminine	la	las

Indefinite Article

In Spanish, the indefinite article, a or an in English, has different forms depending on whether the noun it is used with is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. The plural form of the indefinite article is equivalent to some in English.

	Singular	Plural (some)
Masculine	un	unos
Feminine	una	unas