Estudiante names a person who studies, at school or elsewhere.

The idea

The noun has the same singular form with el and la; the plural is estudiantes.

Examples

  • La estudiante lee una lección.The female student reads a lesson.
  • El estudiante escribe una pregunta.The male student writes a question.
  • Ana es estudiante de música.Ana is a music student.
  • Los estudiantes llegan temprano.The students arrive early.
  • Las estudiantes trabajan juntas.The female students work together.
  • Hay estudiantes en la biblioteca.There are students in the library.

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Watch out

Gender can be shown by an article or adjective even though estudiante itself stays the same.

Try it yourself

  1. Choose the feminine article for Ana: Ana es ___ estudiante. (una / un)

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    una

    Una is the feminine singular article for Ana.

  2. Choose the masculine article for Luis: Luis es ___ estudiante. (un / una)

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    un

    Un is the masculine singular article for Luis.

  3. Choose the plural noun: Las ___ trabajan juntas. (estudiantes / estudiante)

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    estudiantes

    Estudiantes is plural after las.

Use it today

Describe a student and a group of students with appropriate articles in Spanish.