Plural Nouns and Adjectives: Pandas

Question

Which is correct when describing a group of mixed gender?

Los Pandas Flojas Los Pandas Flojos Las Pandas Flojas Las Pandas Flojos

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Answer 1

Some nouns like "músico" (musician) are listed as masculine but can be feminine if the person is. I can say this: Soy el único músico en el grupo el resto son músicas. I am the only male musician in the group the rest are women.

Other professions may or may not have two endings for the gender of the professional. I think fantasy creatures named after an animal need to keep the gender of the animal regardless of the gender of the creatures, but maybe it's more flexible than that. We might often refer to a goose as "he" even though the proper male word is "gander".

You can always try sending a PM to chileno who is a native speaker.

Answer 2

Go with the definite article in your examples. In other cases I would follow the general rule that in mixed gender groups the masculine is used to describe all. Can you think of another example?

I also thought of "The Ninja Turtles" Las Tortugas Ninjas or Los Tortugas Ninjas? They are all males. - savvyspanish, Sep 5, 2013