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Example Sentences

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Usually words ending in "-o" are masculine and those ending in "-a" are feminine, but there are many common words that break those gender rules, like "la mano," the word for "hand."

From Salon • Sep. 26, 2022

In person, you do things like a basic fitness test -a bleep test - but you don't need qualifications.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2022

He needs to grow up or get out -a cancer in the locker room.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2017

Hanks' character -a boy in an adult body - ends up working for a toy company headed by Loggia.

From Reuters • Dec. 4, 2015

"Well, those are not the reasons I'd have given, but . . ." He had touched her cheek, his thumb lightly tracing the line of -a cheek-bone.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin