Choose a Gender (Spanish)
One difficult things in spanish is the correct gender of some objects.
Generally, the words finished in "a" are Female and in "o" are Male. But no rules exist.
Help me to complete a list of common words without an apparent gender law.
Examples. F = Female M = Male
The Street (F) > "La calle" and not "El calle"
The Television (F or M) > "La televisión" or "El televisor"
The Planet (M) > "El planeta"
The Computer (F or M) > "El computador" or "La computadora"
The Dessert (M) > "El postre"
The Sweet (M) > "El caramelo"
The Honey (F) > "La miel"
The Vegetable (M) > "El vegetal"
The Briefcase (M) > "El maletín"
The Hand (F) > "La mano"
The Nose (F) > "La nariz"
The Foot (M) > "El pie"
The Water (M) > "El agua"
The Furniture (M) > "El mueble"
The Meat (F) > "La carne"
The Cellular (M) > "El celular"
The Ship (F) > "La nave"
The Key (F) > "La llave"
The Paper (M) > "El papel"
The Police (M or F) > "El policia (single)" or "La policia (plural)"
The Car (M) > "El automóvil"
The Passport (M) > "El pasaporte"
The Language (M) > "El idioma"
The Problem (M) > "El problema"
The Bread (M) > "El pan"
The Microwave (M) > "El microondas"
The Town (M or F) > "La villa" or "El pueblo"
The Nation (F) > "La nación"
The City (F) > "La ciudad"
All questions are welcome 
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4 Answers
Don't forget "el idioma", "el problema".
Hello! This question gets posed more than once on here... practice and memorization are going to be your best friends when it comes to mastering this aspect of Spanish. Here is just one rule that might help in the long run:
When there is no real gender, nouns are called masculine or feminine according to their terminations.
Generally: All nouns that terminate in
a, ión, d,
also abstract nouns ending in "ez", are feminine, as:
La villa: The town.
La nación: The nation.
La ciudad: The city or large town.
La honradez: Honesty.
The other terminations are masculine.
Unfortunately, there are many exceptions to the above rule, principally in nouns ending in "e." Hence the need for practice, indoctrination and more practice!
There are no logical rules, if that is what you are after. Most words ending in -o are masculine, with less than 10 exceptions, but for -a endings, it is just a good guess. Genders are not logical, so just accept them if you want to speak the language.
Thank you.
