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Questions & Answers about La leche está caliente.
Why do we use está here instead of es?
Why is it la leche? I thought words that don't end in -a are usually masculine.
While most words ending in -a are feminine, words ending in -e can be either masculine or feminine. Leche happens to be a feminine noun, so it must use the feminine word for the, which is la.
Does the adjective caliente change because leche is feminine?
No, it stays exactly the same. Adjectives that end in -e (like caliente) are gender-neutral in Spanish. They do not change to -a or -o, so they look the same whether they describe a masculine or feminine noun.