The changing gender of "sal"
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The word salt. "sal". seemed to have changed gender when it arrived in Iberia. It was masculine in Latin and in Italian, French, Galician and Portuguese, it remains so. But in Castilian and Catalan, it has turned into feminine. Does anyone know why?
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updated Nov 2, 2010
edited by --Mariana--
posted by Pibosan
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I have traveled in Mexico, Costa Rica and Spain and have only ever heard "la sal". This may be a mystery...
updated Nov 2, 2010
posted by athegr8
It does sound better than "el sal", maybe that's why... - athegr8, Nov 2, 2010
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In mexico and many other latin american countries its "la."
updated Nov 2, 2010
posted by Rey_Mysterio
