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In spanish is homme masculine or feminine. La agua would sound like lagua which is rough on the ears. As well as those that end with consonants except d z or ión are generally masculine nouns remember. O l é ma n. This means that every word for a person place thing or idea is either masculine or feminine.
Still la agua is used regionally and by less educated people all over the pla. For example apples manzanas are feminine in spanish so this word must be used with feminine articles like la las and una. Feminine la casa house chica girl senora lady senorita miss young lady masculine el hombre man pais country brazo arm jefe boss asked in spanish to english is the word. Most nouns that end in o e an accented vowel or ma.
On the other hand bananas plátanos are masculine and must be used with masculine articles and adjectives. Any adjective used to describe an apple in spanish must also be feminine for example roja. The default gender for foreign words adopted into the language is masculine but a feminine gender is sometimes acquired if there s a reason for doing so. Thus foreign nouns that end in a sometimes become feminine as do some words related in meaning to a spanish feminine word.
Because the femenine article la makes an uncomfortable sound when paired with the noun water agua.