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Noun Endings that Are Usually Masculine

Spanish: Cambridge International GCSE, topic 11.3.8

Noun Endings that Are Usually Masculine

There are a lot of masculine nouns that do not end in either 'o'. These nouns still follow patterns. These rules make it easier to work out the gender of a noun:

Nouns that end in 'ón'

Nouns that end in 'ón'

  • El jamón.
  • Ham.
  • El guión
  • Hyphen.
Nouns that en in 'or'

Nouns that en in 'or'

  • El color.
  • Colour.
  • El amor.
  • Love
Nouns that en in 'aje'

Nouns that en in 'aje'

  • El maquillaje.
  • Make-up
  • El patinaje.
  • Skating.

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