How can I tell if a word is masculine or feminine if it doesn't en in "o" or "a"

Question

For words like "preparación",how can I tell whether or not el or la goes in front of it?

Answer 1

Words that end in "-ción", "-dad" and "-tad" are also feminine.

Words that refer to females are femnine, and words that refer to males are masculine. Example: "la mujer" - the woman, "el hombre" - the man.

Days of the week and months of the year are masculine.

Letters of the alphabet are feminine.

Words that end in "-ma" tend to be masculine, but not 100% of the time. "El problema" - the problem.

Some words you just have to learn. When you get a list of nouns, be sure to learn the "el" or "la" with them, so that way you learn the gender immediately.

Buena suerte!

Answer 2

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