Your Spanish Word of the Day

Nino (Nina) - Child, boy, (girl)


In spoken or written language, you will some times see an article (el, la, los, las) before the word. This serves two purposes, one of which is to determine the gender of the word, the other to identify the number of people/things or exactly to which you are referring.

If you are referring to one male child you would use the word, el nino. If you are referring to a group of girls you would use the term, las ninas. If you are referring to a group of children both male and female you would say, los ninos.

The masculine gender is dominate in Spanish so if you're referring to a group you always use the masculine gender phrase.

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