Gender agreement of adjectives

Question

Which gender does an adjective take when it refers to two nouns of different gender? I want to say that I like to read Spanish newspapers and magazines. Are these 'periódicos y revistas españoles' or 'periódicos y revistas españolas'?

Andy

Answer 1

In this case it has to be nuevas culturas e idiomas, because the adjective precedes the nouns.

Answer 2

lazarus1907 said:

There are more rules regarding agreement, but those should do for now.

Okay. So here's another example. Is the rule different in this case?

I want to refer to new cultures and languages. Idioma is a masculine noun that ends in -a. So is the correct form:

'nuevos culturas e idiomas' - which doesn't look right. Or

'nuevas culturas e idiomas'?

Andy

Answer 3

There are more rules regarding agreement, but those should do for now.

Answer 4

Muchas gracias.

Andy

Answer 5

Quote:

When an adjective is used to qualify more than one noun, the agreement of the adjective is determined by the following rules:

In the case where an adjective modifies two or more nouns of the same gender, the adjective becomes plural and agrees in gender with the nouns.

La ventana y la puerta están cerradas.
The door and the window are closed.

An adjective modifying two or more nouns (singular or plural) of different genders is generally masculine plural in form.

Las plumas y los lápices son baratos.
The pens and the pencils are cheap.