Spanish nouns ending in ‘dad’ – Spanish gender rules – Episode 018

Spanish nouns ending in ‘dad’ – Spanish gender rules

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

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Today’s question comes from James, one of my blog readers. James says: Can you tell me ten common Spanish words that end in ‘dad’?

Spanish words that end in ‘dad’ are really interesting. As you probably know by now, the Spanish gender roles are very unreliable.

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But there is one rule that really works all the time. And that’s the rule that says that:

Spanish nouns ending in ‘dad’: overview

Nouns ending in ‘dad’ are feminine.

All Spanish nouns ending in ‘dad’ are feminine. So all the words that we’re going to learn today are feminine.

Today I’m giving you ten very common words that you will find and hear in conversation, all the time.

Here are the ten words. I’m going to say them first in English, and then I’m going to say them in Spanish.

Spanish nouns ending in ‘dad’: speaking practice

Can you repeat them after me?

the city – la ciudad
the community – la comunidad
the curiosity – la curiosidad
the electricity – la electricidad
the nationality – la nacionalidad
the opportunity – la oportunidad
the originality – la originalidad
the possibility – la posibilidad
the reality – la realidad
the society – la sociedad

Spanish nouns ending in ‘dad’: similarity

Notice how, except for ‘la ciudad’, they all look very similar in English and Spanish:

la comunidad
la curiosidad
la electricidad
la nacionalidad
la oportunidad
la originalidad
la posibilidad
la realidad
la sociedad

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Let’s say these 10 words again. Repeat after me.

Spanish nouns ending in ‘dad’: listening drill

Let’s now do a listening drill. 

I’m going to say these ten words in Spanish. Can you tell me what they mean in English?

la oportunidad
the opportunity
la realidad
the reality
la comunidad
the community
la nacionalidad
the nationality
la posibilidad
the possibility
la sociedad
the society
la curiosidad
the curiosity
la originalidad
the originality
la ciudad
the city
la electricidad
the electricity

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Spanish nouns ending in ‘dad’: speaking drill

Let’s now do a speaking drill. I’m going to say these ten words in English. Can you say them to me in Spanish?

the electricity
la electricidad
the possibility
la posibilidad
the society
la sociedad
the nationality
la nacionalidad
the community
la comunidad
the opportunity
la oportunidad
the city
la ciudad
the curiosity
la curiosidad
the originality
la originalidad
the reality
la realidad

Let’s recap.

To help you learn these ten words really well, let’s go through them once more.

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