el hambre or la hambre? I've seen it both ways.

Question

I've seen hambre written in both the masculine and feminine forms. Which is it?

Spanishdict shows hambre (f) and then gives the example, el hambre.

Thanks for the clarification

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Jan 18, 2017

Answer 1

"Hambre" is feminine, but feminine nouns that begin with a stressed "a" sound take a masculine definite article.

Exactamente. - Daniela2041, Jan 18, 2017

To add, you would say el hambre, un hambre, algún or alguna hambre (no one agrees, I think technically alguna is correct), but mucha hambre, definitely not mucho hambre. - bosquederoble, Jan 19, 2017

And if you stick something in between "la gran hambre". It is only el when it is next to hambre. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 19, 2017

All adjectives to follow must be feminine as well. :) - bosquederoble, Jan 19, 2017