El día - sustantivo masculino
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Why is día masculine?
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updated Jun 15, 2013
posted by RiCrow
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Because this noun evolved from the Latin dies into día. The fact that the noun ends in an "a" does not necessarily make it feminine. Examples:
El atleta
El planeta
El economista
El panorama
El problema
El dilema
A lot of these words have Greek roots.
I hope this helps!
updated Jun 15, 2013
posted by francobollo
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There are many exceptions that you just have to accept and memorize.
updated May 17, 2013
posted by katydew
So true. - francobollo, May 17, 2013
