Interesting. It's also a painting by El Greco.


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