AlphabetabecedeeeregehacheijotakaeleemeeneOpeCMereesete U ve equis i griega zetaSpecial Spanish LettersIIrWelle (el-ya)erie (en-ya)found only in foreign wordsSpanish Nouns and Adjectives Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine.Whether a noun is masculine or feminine can dependupon the noun actually being male or female, or it canbe seemingly arbitrary, as with inanimate objects. Thisdictionary lists the gender of nouns with m for mascu-line and ffor feminine. Multiple Meaningsand False Cognates While using this dictionary, please note that someSpanish words take on more than one meaning, just assome English words do. In Spanish, as in English, thekey to understanding the meaning of a word lies in thecontext in which the word is used as much as in theword itself. Also, please note that there are some Spanishwords whose spellings are similar to English words, butwhose meanings are very different. These words arecalled "false cognates," and their true meanings can befound, once again, in the context of their usage, as wellas in this book.