Amigo and amiga
I know to describe male friend is ‘amigo’ while girl friend is ‘amiga’. So how to describe the sentence that 'Lucy and Jack are my friends' in Spanish? I mean when I try to describe both male and female, which one should I use?

'Lucy y Jack son amigos' or 'Lucy y Jack son amigas' ?

Question

Amigo and amiga
I know to describe male friend is ‘amigo’ while girl friend is ‘amiga’. So how to describe the sentence that 'Lucy and Jack are my friends' in Spanish? I mean when I try to describe both male and female, which one should I use?

'Lucy y Jack son amigos' or 'Lucy y Jack son amigas' ?

Answer

"Lucy and Jack son amigOs" is the correct one.
In plural, we use the male gender. In fact is "neutral gender", but usually is equal to male gender.

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You would describe them as Ellos because in the latin community the males a dominant . Example if they are 12 females and one male in the group. You would have to say Ellos because of that one male.Get it?

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