Spanish Adda

In , nouns ending in -o are usually masculine and are introduced by a masculine article.
Those ending in -a are usually feminine and are introduced by a feminine article.

Here are some feminine nouns that begin with the a sound that use the masculine article in the singular form, and the feminine in the plural. This is done to avoid the awkward sound of a and a together in

Already, Still and Yet in – Ya vs. Todavía.