{"id":2521,"date":"2026-06-04T12:06:55","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sillabi.com\/?p=2521"},"modified":"2026-06-04T12:21:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T10:21:21","slug":"gender-and-number-in-spanish-the-complete-guide-with-rules-and-examples","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sillabi.com\/en\/gender-and-number-in-spanish-the-complete-guide-with-rules-and-examples\/","title":{"rendered":"Gender and number in Spanish: the complete guide with rules and examples"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re learning Spanish, one of the very first hurdles you’ll encounter is this: every noun has a gender. Not just people, not just animals \u2014 things, ideas, concepts too: el coche<\/em>, la casa<\/em>, el problema<\/em>, la gente<\/em>. And then there’s the plural, which seems straightforward but has a few twists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The rules governing gender and number in Spanish are more systematic than they might appear: once you grasp the underlying logic, you’ll recognise a word’s gender almost instinctively, and everything that depends on it \u2014 articles, adjectives, agreement \u2014 will fall into place naturally. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, you’ll find a clear, structured explanation with plenty of examples, so you can start using Spanish nouns with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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1. Masculine and feminine: the basic rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In Spanish, almost all nouns are either masculine or feminine. There is no neuter gender as in German or Latin. The first step is learning to recognise gender by looking at the ending of a word \u2014 its final letter or syllable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1.1 The simplest rule: -o and -a<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The rule you learn from day one is this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n