Nouns — Feminine Spanish Nouns

Nouns — Feminine Spanish Nouns

Nouns indicating female beings, regardless of endings, are feminine.

la actriz	actress
la hermana	sister
la mujer	woman

Most names of cities are feminine.

la Coruña	Coruna (town in northern Spain)
la Habana	Havana

Nouns denoting letters of the alphabet are always feminine.

la eme	(the) m
la jota	(the) j

Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.

la casa	house
la mesa	table
la oficina	office
la cocina	kitchen

Note: Some nouns ending in -a are masculine. The most common of these are el día (the day) and number nouns (usually of Greek origin) ending in -ma, -pa, and -ta are masculine.

el problema	problem
el día	day
el idioma	language
el drama	drama
el sistema	system
el clima	climate
el programa	program
el mapa	map
el poeta	poet
el planeta	planet
el tema	subject, topic

Most nouns that end in -ión, -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre,
and an unaccented -ie are feminine.

la bondad	kindness
la ciudad	city
la costumbre	custom
la serie	series
la actitud	attitude
la virtud	virtue
la revolución	revolution

Note: A few nouns with endings listed above are masculine, e.g., el pie.