MASCULINE Examples: cartel/carteles; pared/paredes;

joven/jvenes
's' are masculine: pas, autobs, mes, compas

'ma' are masculine: puma, sistema, tema

Exceptions include nouns ending in -s or -x which have
'r', are masculine: motor, par, crter the same form in both singular and plural:
'l', are masculine: pastel, papel, redil, mantel Examples: virus/virus, trax/trax, crisis/crisis.
'o' are masculine: libro, nio, sueo, diccionario

'n' are masculine: jabn, jardn, capitn, atn Singular masculine el

'e' are masculine: puente, diente, peine

Singular feminine la
FEMININE

'a' are feminine: nia, mesa, ventana

Plural masculine los
'cin' are feminine: cancin, nacin, situacin

'sin' are feminine: profesin, posesin, Plural feminine las

'd' are feminine: amistad, ciudad, voluntad

'z' are feminine: paz, cruz, luz
About 50% of nouns ending in 'e' are feminine:
-ista can be masculine or feminine: turista, dentista,
periodista.
-ente can be masculine or feminine: gerente, cliente,
dirigente.
-ante can be masculine or feminine: visitante, agente,
dibujante.
When a feminine singular noun begins with a stressed a
or ha sound, the masculine definite article is used
instead of the feminine definite article.
When the same noun is plural, the regular feminine
article is used.
Check out these examples of feminine words that take
the masculine singular article (el) in the singular, but the
feminine plural article (las) in the plural.

Singular Plural English

Singular and Plural Nouns in Spanish
el guila las guilas the eagle(s)
The plural of nouns that end in a vowel (-a, -e, -i, -o, -u)
is usually formed by adding an -s. el alma las almas the soul(s)

Examples: silla/sillas; padre/padres; taxi/taxis; el agua las aguas the water(s)

mango/mangos el hacha las hachas the axe(s)
Nouns that end in a consonant usually form the plural
by adding -es.
PREPOSITIONS
 Quen Who

Spanish English Que What

A to, at Quando When

Ante before, in the presence of Donde Where

Bajo under Por que Why

Con with Como How

Contra against

De of, from

Desde from, since

detrs (de) behind

en in, on, at

entre between, among

hacia until, toward

hasta until, toward

para for, in order to

por for, by

segn according to

sin without

sobre about, on, upon, above, over, around

tras after, behind