Isn’t it correct to use either un altitud as well as una altitud because even though altitud is feminine, it starts with a stressed ‘a’?
Una/un altitude
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Marc B.Kwiziq community member
Una/un altitude
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Most Spanish nouns ending in -ud are feminine "
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Hola Marc, I
I think the article of choice would be the feminine “una” following the guideline given in the lesson, whereby the emphasis is not on the first syllable; it is in fact on the final one “u.’
Saludos John
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InmaKwiziq team member
Hola Marc
Yes, as John and Paolo rightly said, you need the stress on the first syllable to apply the masculine article: un
un águila, un arma, un arpa...
but not un altitud as the stress is on the last syllable, therefore, una altitud.
Saludos
Inma
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