How sugar or sugar is said

You say "the sugar" but in the packages it says that it is "refined sugar" or you speak of "brown sugar" but some claim that it is "white sugar", in this way you question if it is a masculine or feminine word. As with salt and salt, the name of this other product can cause confusion, so we want to explain how sugar or sugar is said.

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When looking for the word "sugar" in the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), we find that it classifies this term as an ambiguous name, which means that it is a noun that is used as masculine or feminine.

In this way, it will be correct to say "the sugar" as if it were a masculine name and, therefore, to use the determinants and adjectives in masculine. For example:

The sugar is on the table.
They say that brown sugar is healthier than white sugar .

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Likewise, based on what is specified in the previous section, it will also be correct to say "sugar" to refer to this product, as well as to adjectively and determine it in feminine. Even so, it should be noted that the use in men is more widespread.

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