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What are the gendered words for horse?
Spanish is apparently like English in that there are a multitude of words for horses.
In English, we have "colt", "equine", "filly" (female), "horse", "mare" (female), "mount", "stallion" (male), and ...
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Diferencias en palabras de género entre humanos y animales
En inglés tenemos ciertas palabras que se usa más a referirse al género de los humanos:
man/woman
boy/girl
Y no usamos esas palabras para referirse a animales. Para animales usaríamos más male y ...
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Is there a way to differentiate between uncles, aunts, grandparents?
My wife told me that in Persian/Farsi, there are different words for "uncle", "aunt", "grandfather" and "grandmother" that indicate which side of the family they are from (father's brother, or mother'...
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¿Cómo se usa la forma femenina de tema?
He leído que la palabra tema se puede usar en la forma femenina: la tema. ¿Qué significa la tema, y cómo se usa? ¿Es común? ¿Cuál es la diferencia entre el tema y la tema?
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Are there other "feminine only" adjectives in Spanish besides "embarazada"?
In most if not all Spanish dictionaries I've checked, embarazada is only ever listed in its feminine form unlike all other adjectives I can think of.
Is this semantic because it's considered that ...
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Determining gender of words ending in "e"
When learning Spanish, there are basic rules taught about word gender: words ending in o are usually masculine, words ending in a are usually feminine.
What about words ending in e? Are there any ...
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