The plural of nouns is formed by adding the plural endings –s or –es. A definite article, los before masculine nouns and las before feminine nouns indicates the plural. Nouns that end in a vowel add –s: El café/los cafés coffe El vino/los vinos wine La casa/las casas house La niña/las niñas girl Nouns […]
The plural of nouns in Spannish is formed by adding the plural endings –s or –es . A definite article, los before masculine nouns and las before feminine nouns indicates the plural.
- Nouns that end in a vowel add –s:
El café/los cafés coffe
El vino/los vinos wine
La casa/las casas house
La niña/las niñas girl
- Nouns that end in a consonant, add –es:
El papel/los papeles paper
El reloj/los relojes clock
Some spelling changes :
- Singular nouns ending in –z change to –ces in the plural
El lápiz/los lápices pencil
La matriz/las matrices matrix
- Nouns ending in –í and –ú add –s or –es and keep the accent mark in the plural:
El rubí/los rubís/los rubíes ruby
El tabú/los tabús/los tabúes taboo
- Nouns with accent marks on the last syllable lose the accent mark in the plural:
El camión/los ca miones truck
El león/los leones lion
EXCEPTIONS TO THE RULES IN PLURAL FORMS
- Nouns that end in –s do not change if the final syllable is not stressed:
El miércoles/los miércoles Wednesd ay
La tesis/las tesis thesis
- For compound words add the plural ending to the firs element only:
El coche cama/los coches cama sleeping car
- Some nouns are always plural in Spanish:
Las gafas eyeglasses las vacaciones vacation
Las tijeras scissors los gemelos twins/cuff links
