Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhy, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities?message-squaremessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhy, in Spanish, is saint sometimes San and sometimes Santa for naming cities?Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squarequediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSan is the apocope of santo (masculine form of saint), all masculine names use the form San except those that start with the syllables to- or do-.
San is the apocope of santo (masculine form of saint), all masculine names use the form San except those that start with the syllables to- or do-.