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-squareVenia Silente@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoIt’s because nouns in Spanish carry gender! Which is crazy but it works. “San Francisco” → Francisco is a male name. “Santa Bárbara” → Baŕbara is a female name.
minus-squarezaphod@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoMasculine form would be santo like in Santo Domingo. San seems to be an abbreviated form of that.
minus-squareordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoSANTO FRANCISCO, THE EVEN GAYER SAN FRANCISCO 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️
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-.
It’s because nouns in Spanish carry gender! Which is crazy but it works.
“San Francisco” → Francisco is a male name.
“Santa Bárbara” → Baŕbara is a female name.
Masculine form would be santo like in Santo Domingo. San seems to be an abbreviated form of that.
SANTO FRANCISCO, THE EVEN GAYER SAN FRANCISCO 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️❤️
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-.