# Is "no problemo" Spanish or English?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-no-problemo-spanish-or-english/742042>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 3, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-no-problemo-spanish-or-english/742042 "2016-01-03T04:43:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Bonaventure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@Bonaventure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonaventure)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-no-problemo-spanish-or-english/742042/41 "2016-01-04T06:54:50Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> As an aside, _problema_ is one of the exceptions to the rule of Spanish words ending in “a” being feminine: it’s _el problema_.

And mano is feminine. Just to annoy all beginning Spanish students.

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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-no-problemo-spanish-or-english/742042/42 "2016-01-04T16:27:07Z")

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> [@Colibri](#):
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> As already mentioned in post #3, it’s _No hay problema_ (literally, “There isn’t a problem”).
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> As an aside, _problema_ is one of the exceptions to the rule of Spanish words ending in “a” being feminine: it’s _el problema_.

As I noted in the other thread, that is generally the case for words that derive from the Greek, which is where “problem” comes form.

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**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-no-problemo-spanish-or-english/742042/43 "2016-01-04T16:45:11Z")

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How bout we call sticking an O on the end of words Pig Spanish?

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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-no-problemo-spanish-or-english/742042/44 "2016-01-04T17:56:18Z")

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Righto, Daddy-o!

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-no-problemo-spanish-or-english/742042/45 "2016-01-04T18:56:19Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Righto, Daddy-o!

Something that would be said by a beatnik (which is mock-Russian).

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