definite article before a noun

Question

Does a noun always have to have an indefinite article before it in Spanish?

Answer 1

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The title of your question is different than the question you ask in the text. A definite and indefinite article are different.

Lesson 1.3 on this site introduces definite and indefinite articles. It takes about 10 minutes to watch.

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After you have watched that video, check out this link.

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Answer 2

In Spanish, nouns are preceded by determiners in a way very similar to English. Determiners are direct and indirect articles, possive and demonstrative adjectives, and quantifiers. There are cases where Spanish nouns are not preceded by a determiner, for example:

Soy estudiante.
Me gusta comer. (comer is an infinitive acting as a noun)