Professions

Question

If a businessman is un hombre de negocios, is a businesswoman una mujer de negocios?

Also, in the lesson about professions, apart from el/la receptionista and el/la policía, can all the o-ending nouns be changed to an a-ending for the feminine form?

Answer 1

If a businessman is un hombre de negocios, is a businesswoman una mujer de negocios?

Yes.

Also, in the lesson about professions, apart from el/la receptionista and el/la policía, can all the o-ending nouns be changed to an a-ending for the feminine form?

In theory, yes, but in practice there are still professions where the -o ending is kept for both males and females. Professions ending in -e are normally also common to both sexes (eg. cantante).

Answer 2

A dentist for example is "dentista" for both male and female.