When saying arroz (rice), do you say "El arroz" or "La arroz"

Question

When saying arroz(rice), do you say "El arroz" or "La arroz"

Answer 1

When in doubt look it up:

arroz in dictionary

The only problem that you should have is if the word that you look up is feminine, but use the masculine definite and indefinite article to avoid pronunciation problems.

words like el hacha, el águila, el agua, etc. These begin with a or ha and have the stress on the 1st syllable.

arroz is masculine and it has its stress on the last syllable (aguda) so it is not one of those feminine words.

It's always a good idea to look at the example sentences in the dictionary to see in you are looking at one of these "anomalies".

By the way, one of the current lessons (4.10) discusses stress on syllables if you wish to delve into the matter more deeply.

Answer 2

i believe it is el arroz

Answer 3

The nouns ending by -z are feminine:

* cruz cross, faz face, luz light, paz peace, voice voz etc.

Important ecxeptions of the above rule are:

* arroz rice, haz sheaf, lápiz pencil, matiz nuance, pez fish etc.

This is quote from
http://www.orbilat.com/Languages/Spanish/Grammar/Spanish-Noun.html
I hope it helps.

Answer 4

El arroz