A sonnet I studied in 1964 has a title of, “El Caballero de la Mano al Pecho”.


>I don't think I've ever heard that.
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>I can think of some exceptions to the rule....
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>el agua..this is done so that you don't have two a's together. When it is plural, it becomes las aguas
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>El Papa...is The Pope. la papa is a potato.
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>Then, there are several that end in e
>madre, padre...but it's always la madre and el padre.
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>>La mano comes to mind.
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