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List of nouns with different meanings depending on gender in Spanish
A comprehensive list of nouns that change meaning depending on if they are masculine or feminine in Spanish
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el cámara | | cameraman |
la cámara | | camerawoman |
la cámara | | camera (device) |
el capital | | capital (investment) |
la capital | | capital (capital city of a country) |
el cólera | | cholera |
la cólera | | fury |
el coma | | coma (medical condition "to be in a coma") |
la coma | | comma (punctuation) |
el cometa | | comet |
la cometa | | kite |
el cura | | priest |
la cura | | cure (for an illness) |
el editorial | | leading article on a newspaper |
la editorial | | publishing house |
el final | | end |
la final | | final (sport/match) |
el guía | | guide (man) |
la guía | | guide (woman) |
la guía | | guidebook/directory |
el margen | | margin (e.g. space left blank on a page) |
la margen | | river bank (right or left) |
el parte | | notice/report/dispatch/communiqué |
la parte | | part |
el pendiente | | earring |
la pendiente | | slope |
el orden | | order (e.g. alphabetical, numerical, by size) |
la orden | | order (command e.g. to follow orders) |
el radio | | radius |
el radio | | spoke (bicycle) |
el radio (LatAm) | | radio |
la radio | | radio |
el delta | | delta (mouth of river) |
la delta | | delta (Greek letter) |
el batería | | drummer (male) |
la batería | | drummer (female) |
la batería | | drum kit |
la batería | | battery |
el corte | | cut |
la corte | | court (law) |
la calavera | | skull |
el calavera | | hedonistic person |
el busca | | pager |
la busca | | search |
el mañana | | future |
la mañana | | morning |
el papa | | pope |
la papa | | potato |
el ordenanza | | orderly |
la ordenanza | | ordinance (norm) |
el policía | | policeman |
la policía | | policewoman |
la policía | | police force |
el terminal | | terminal (IT, computers) |
la terminal | | terminal (transport, station) |
el trompeta | | trumpeter (male) |
la trompeta | | trumpeter (female) |
la trompeta | | trumpet |
el vocal | | member of a board (male) |
la vocal | | member of a board (female) |
la vocal | | vowel |
el moral | | mulberry tree |
la moral | | morals, morality |
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