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Ambiguous Nouns
Is it correct that these nouns below can be either masculine or feminine?
el azúcar / la azúcar • Hay mucho azúcar en el estante. • Hay mucha azúcar en el estante. el mar / la mar • Me gusta nadar en el mar. • Me gusta nadar en la mar. If so, are there any more nouns like these? |
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Yes, there are others, like "sartén", "reúma", "linde", "calor" (although this one became accepted in the feminine form because a lot of people use it, but for educated speakers it sounds incorrect), "tilde" (this one is much more often used in feminine).
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