Article

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An article (artículo in Spanish) is a word that is usually used before or near a noun. Some people consider the article a type of adjective^{[citation needed]}. The articles in Spanish are el, la, los, las, un, una, unos, unas. In English the articles are the, a, an.

Definite article

In English definite articles are generally used to refer to a specific instance of the noun that both the speaker and listener are familiar with. Spanish works the same, but often uses the definite article to refer to the entire class. For example the English Mangoes taste good could be translated El mango sabe bueno.

Indefinite article

The indefinite article is used to refer to an unspecified instance of the noun.

Other types of articles

Some languages have what is called a partitive article. Some linguists insist on the existence of the zero article, as proposed in the X-bar theory.