aguila- meaning eagle

Question

-Is this noun masc or feminine or in gender agreement?

Answer 1

Águila is a feminine noun, however because it begins with the sound of a stressed "a" it changes la águila to el águila - it is similar to "el agua".

Answer 2

Jeje, me encanta esta palabra muchísimo porqué es el origen de mi nombre. (Finally I found it not just in latin but in Spanish too)

Answer 3

Estas palabras cuando van acompañadas del artículo se emplean en su forma masculina y esto debe ser asi: These words, when accompanied by the definite (or indefinite) article, take it in its masculine form as follows:

el agua, el águila, el aula, el hambre. un águila, un aula

Salvo que entre el artículo y la palabra en cuestión haya un adjectivo, pues en ese caso estará en femenino:

When there is an adjective between the article and the word in question the article will agree in gender with the noun and will be in the feminine form thus:

la feroz águila la pequeña aulá

I hope I haven't made this more complicated than it is.

Answer 4

Edit: Nametaken has given you a much better answer lol

But with reference to which article to use here's one example:

the 'bald eagle' is - el águila imperial

Answer 5

It's feminine. It's an exception to the rule though, and the singular form uses el and un whereas the plural form uses las, if I recall. I think the reasoning is that if a word starts with the a, then it's weird to use la but that might be a fallacy. Nevertheless, I do believe it's feminine.

• El agua
• El águila

Who can think of some others?