Most nouns that end in -or are masculine.
Have a look at the following examples:
Dicen que el amor lo puede todo.
They say that love conquers all.
El trabajador no ha venido a la fábrica hoy.
The worker didn't come to the factory today.
El paciente tenía mucho dolor en su espalda.
The patient had a lot of pain in his back.
To form the plural of these nouns simply add an -es:
No me gustan los colores del cuadro.
I don't like the colours in the painting.
Los diseñadores van a presentar a sus modelos.
The designers are going to introduce their models.
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El trabajador no ha venido a la fábrica hoy.
The worker didn't come to the factory today.
El paciente tenía mucho dolor en su espalda.
The patient had a lot of pain in his back.
Los diseñadores van a presentar a sus modelos.
The designers are going to introduce their models.
No me gustan los colores del cuadro.
I don't like the colours in the painting.
Dicen que el amor lo puede todo.
They say that love conquers all.
Q&A
Meghan
Kwiziq community member
21 May 2018
2 replies
El trabajador
So if it's a female trabajador or inversor then it's changed to la trabajadora and inversora ? Then following to Las and unas inversoras?
Thanks you
Inma
Kwiziq language super star
21/05/18
That's right Meghan, nouns that en in -or are generally masculine, but if they can also refer to a woman, like trabajador or inversor, then they take the -a (la trabajadora, la inversora) and the -as for their plural (unas trabajadoras, unas inversoras).
Un saludo
Inma
Inma
Kwiziq language super star
21/05/18
Hi again Meghan,
Here is a lesson connected to your query about "trabajador". It is about adjectives, but it will clarify it a bit more.
Forming the singular and plural of adjectives ending in -án, ón, -or
Inma
Emanuel
Kwiziq community member
10 March 2019
1 reply
why vino and no ha visto, since it took place today
Inma
Kwiziq language super star
11 March 2019
11/03/19
Hola Emanuel
Yes, we generally use El pretérito Perfecto (ha venido) with time frames like "hoy". This sentence using "vino" in El Indefinido would be more of a Latin American usage. I've changed it to "he venido" in the lesson.
Saludos
Inma