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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Saturday October 11, 2008
capital, noun:
capital
Some quite common nouns in Spanish have two genders, each with its distinct meaning. Capital is one, and both its meanings translate into the same English word, capital. The feminine la capital refers to a capital city.
Lo que me motiva es hacer de Barcelona una gran capital europea.
What motivates me is making Barcelona into a great European capital city.
To remember that the feminine refers to a capital city, it may help to think of the word la ciudad, city, which is also feminine.
Masculine el capital refers to capital in the meaning of money:
La empresa ha ampliado el capital.
The company has increased its capital.
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