la agua? el agua? | SpanishDictionary.com Answers
Oct 21, 2013 — 9 Answer s. When you have a feminine noun with a stressed "a" sound at the beginning (hacha, agua, hámaca) it uses "el" as its article to avoid an awkward pronunciation. You would still use feminine adjectives (el hacha peligrosa, el agua fría, el hámaca roja), and you use "las" for the plural (las aguas, etc.).
Agua | Spanish to English Translation - SpanishDictionary.com
2. (beverage) (Mexico) a. juice. Mi mamá nos preparó agua de tamarindo.My mom made us some tamarind juice. 3. (beverage) Regionalism used in Latin America: all the countries in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. Does not include Spain. (Latin America) a. …
Please, do we say, 'el agua or la agua', - SpanishDict
Aug 3, 2010 — Agua is a feminine noun indeed, but we say "el agua", because it starts with a vowel. updated Aug 3, 2010. posted by maleine. Well yes, any vowel as long as it is "A" El Orinoco starts with a vowel as one example. - kenwilliams, Aug 3, 2010. El Orinoco is masculine, either way. - maleine, Aug 3, 2010.
El vs. La agua | Compare Spanish Words - SpanishDictionary.com
agua. "El" is a form of "el", a definite article which is often translated as "the". "Agua" is a noun which is often translated as "water". Learn more about the difference between "el" and "agua" below. A definite article is a word that identifies a noun as specific or known to …
Why is "el agua" not " la agua"? - SpanishDict
Nov 16, 2009 — The only reason that they use "el" in their singular form is to avoid the difficulty (technically called a cacophony) of saying "la agua" or "la águila" very quickly (the a's would run into eachother.) But also note, as Fred said, that if anything comes before the article and the noun, then "la" is used.
Why it is "el agua" but "las aguas?" - SpanishDict
Mar 26, 2012 — 5 Answer s. El agua is not an exception, it's the rule. The article el is used when followed by a feminine word that begins with a stressed a (or ha). Generally yes, but there are exceptions. We say La Harina because the tonic accent on …
The difference between "el agua" and "la agua" - SpanishDict
Aug 10, 2010 — When you are on the first page of "Answers" there is a search box. Please put in "agua" and you will get dozens of threads that explain why "agua" is a feminine word but uses the article "el." Please feel free to come back with any further questions after you have research this issue. updated Aug 10, 2010. posted by --Mariana--.
El agua vs La Agua | SpanishDictionary.com Answers
May 14, 2014 — 4 Answer s. Words ending in "a" and also starting with "a" or "ha" need a masculine article in the singular way even if they are femenine words but only when the first sillable is the strong one. El agua fría. Note the adjective is still femenine because "agua" actually is femenine. Las aguas frías.
"la agua" - bad but "va a" okay - SpanishDict
Agua - fn. But since someone decided that a word ending in a stressed "a" like "la" followed directly by a stressed "a" like "agua" doesn't go together we borrow the masculine article instead while the noun remains feminine - "el agua buena" Fine - I can live with that. So while "el agua" is correct "este agua" is not.
is aguA feminine or masculine? | SpanishDictionary.com Answers
Jan 9, 2011 — In short, agua is feminine. The "el" is used only in one situation, to make it easier to pronounce. "La agua" is hard to hear clearly at normal speed. updated Jan 8, 2011. edited by pesta. posted by pesta. 0. votes. Hi lil, welcome to the forum, please make a search, there a lots of threads on this topic, thanks.