ala del corazón

Spanish

Noun

ala del corazón f (plural alas del corazón)

1. auricle (of heart)

   Synonym: aurícula

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like this one regularly take the singular articles el and un, usually reserved for masculine nouns.

  el ala del corazón, un ala del corazón

• They maintain the usual feminine singular articles la and una if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun.

Further reading

• “ala del corazón”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014