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For example, niño bueno ("good boy") and niña buena ("good girl"); los amigos ("the friends," if the group has at least one man, or isn't known to be all women, although this can be used in a gender-neutral sense) and las amigas ("the friends," but only if the group is all women).
Gender Neutrality in Spanish. Since articles, nouns, pronouns, and adjectives reflect gender in Spanish, and there’s no true neutral grammatical gender in standard usage, the lenguaje inclusivo (gender-neutral language) may not be easy to achieve in Spanish. Let’s look at some of the ways in which we can attain gender neutrality in Spanish.
7 paź 2020 · We have a good example of the use of {-e} (and of {-i}) to express non-binary identities in the European Spanish dubbing of Netflix’s series One Day at a Time, translated by Javier Pérez Alarcón. In the second season, we are introduced to Syd, a non-binary character who uses they and them in English, and to Margaux, who uses ze and hir and ...
27 lut 2022 · This resource has been assembled by Julia Spiegelman, a PhD Candidate in Applied Linguistics, as part of the Non-Binary Language Alliance community project. It aims to provide a starting point for students wishing to express non-binary and other LGBTQIA+ identities in Spanish.
27 paź 2023 · Elle (singular): “Elle” is a gender-neutral Spanish term that can be used when referring to an individual whose gender identity is non-binary or (in some circles) when the person’s gender is unknown or irrelevant. It serves as a more inclusive alternative to the traditional “él” (he) or “ella” (she). Elle estudia medicina. (They study medicine)
9 kwi 2018 · For example, “Clara es una chica muy guapa” would become “Colvin es un chique muy guape” or “un chicx muy guapx.”. Some of my Spanish-speaking friends in the U.S. use this with me, and I’ve occasionally brought it up in U.S. Spanish classes with some success.
Spanish often uses -a and -o for gender agreement in adjectives corresponding with feminine and masculine nouns, respectively; in order to agree with a gender neutral or non-binary noun, it is suggested to use the suffix -e.
