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femeninos

Femeninos is a term used in linguistics and grammar to refer to nouns and adjectives that belong to the feminine grammatical gender in languages that assign gender to words. In Spanish and Portuguese, the feminine is a separate category from the masculine, and the feminine form of adjectives and articles must agree with the noun in number and gender. The word femeníno itself comes from Latin femīnus, and its feminine form is femīnina in some languages, with "femeninos" serving as the plural masculine form or as a shorthand label for feminine nouns in discussion.

In Spanish, gender is assigned to nouns and influences article and adjective agreement. Most feminine nouns

In other Romance languages, feminine nouns follow similar patterns with their own specific endings and agreement

See also: grammatical gender, gendered language, noun gender.

end
in
-a,
but
there
are
many
common
exceptions
and
a
variety
of
endings,
such
as
-ción,
-sión,
-dad,
-tad,
-ud,
and
-umbre.
Examples
of
feminine
nouns
include
casa
(house),
ciudad
(city),
libertad
(freedom).
Adjectives
and
determiners
change
form
to
match:
la
casa
bonita,
las
casas
bonitas.
There
are
masculine
nouns
that
end
in
-a
(el
mapa,
el
día),
and
some
feminine
nouns
that
do
not
end
in
-a,
so
endings
are
not
a
foolproof
rule.
rules.
For
Portuguese,
feminine
nouns
often
end
in
-a
and
require
feminine
articles
and
adjectives
(a
casa
bonita).
In
French
and
Italian,
feminine
forms
also
exist
and
interact
with
determiners
and
adjectives.