Bienvenido(a-os-as)

Question

Is there a difference between bienvenido and bienvenida or bienvenidos/bienvenidas? Are they interchangeable or does it have something to do with gender'

Answer 1

Hi, Justin

They all mean welcome! but they are not interchangeable

1. Use bienvenido (masc. sing.) when you address a male person
2. Use bienvenida (fem. sing.) when you address a female person
3. Use bienvenidos (masc. pl.) when you address two one more people and at least one of them is a male
4. Use bienvenidas (fem. pl.)when you address 2 or more people and they're all female

(Adjectives must agree in gender and number with the nouns they qualify )

Eg. Bienvenido a mi casa, Pepe
Bienvenida a mi casa, Pepa
Bienvenidos a mi casa, Pepe y Pepa
Bienvenidos a mi casa, Pepe y Carlos
Bienvenidas a mi casa, Pepa y Marta

Also:
La bienvenida is a noun
dar la bienvenida means to welcome someone

eg. Vinieron a darnos la bienvenida - The came to welcome us

Answer 2

Thanks, I had the exact same question. This cleared it up nice and easy .

Answer 3

bienvenidos

I meant two or more people

Answer 4

Bienvenidos = Welcome (for everone) / Welcome (for men only)
Bienvenidas = Welcome (for women only)

The masculine plural is used to refer to both genders.