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Words that end in -a can refer to both genders, even in latin languages. For instance, 'barista' applies to both men and women in Italy.
by mikeklaas 16y ago
Words that end in -a can refer to both genders, even in latin languages.
For instance, 'barista' applies to both men and women in Italy.
- VladRussian 16y agoyes, "-a" would lead to "-as". The "barista" has different origins. The Python case is similar to the widely used "fashionista" for females and "fashionisto" for males in the fasion. Thus it is expected to be "pythonisto" and "pythonistos" for male(s) until there is some gender confusion :)
- pdelgallego 16y agoAFAIK, you can not apply that in Spanish, You should use the masculine plural gender to refer to both genders, or when the gender of the people is unknown. There are exceptions to the rule, like the one above (Zapatistas) or some professions like "doctores" or "jueces", but they are exception not the rule. There are also many words that dont have a feminine plural, i.e "las soldados", "las jueces", etc
- nanairo 16y agoActually you can say "las juesas". :) In Italian it is true that the last letter is not a perfect indication of gender... even for people's names (e.g. Andrea should be a male name). But it works pretty well. Not sure if Spanish is similar (i.e. there are exceptions) or not.