grammar.nouns.gender-meaning-change
Same noun, two genders, two meanings
El capital (money) / la capital (city); el orden (sequence) / la orden (command); el cura (priest) / la cura (cure); el frente (front) / la frente (forehead).
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Erklärung
A small set of nouns means different things by gender: el/la capital, el/la orden, el/la cura, el/la frente, el/la corte (cut / court), el/la cometa (comet / kite), el/la papa (pope / potato — and la papa is the standard Latin American word for potato).
These aren't exceptions to learn around — they're pairs to learn as separate words.
Beispiele
Santa Cruz no es la capital, pero concentra el capital.
Santa Cruz isn't the capital, but it concentrates the capital (money).
Santa Cruz isn't the capital, but it concentrates the capital (money).
Region: global
El médico me dio la orden de descansar.
The doctor gave me the order to rest.
The doctor gave me the order to rest.
Region: global