Today’s Spanish word of the day is “problema”.
As you might have guessed, it means “problem”.
Although it ends in -a, “problema” is a masculine noun. That’s because it comes from the Greek word problema, which was treated as a neuter noun in Latin and absorbed as masculine in Spanish, along with other Greek-origin nouns ending in -ma including “tema”(“theme”), “poema” (“poem”) and “sistema” (“system”).
Example sentences
Tenemos un problema con el sistema.
We have a problem with the system.
Ese no es mi problema.
That’s not my problem.
Los problemas complejos requieren soluciones simples.
Complex problems require simple solutions.
No hay problema.
No problem.
Cada problema es una oportunidad disfrazada.
Every problem is a disguised opportunity.
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