Masculine or feminine? Spanish nouns with different meanings depending on their gender

We’ve all heard of false friends, words in Spanish that look like English words, but which have a completely different meaning, eg embarazada = pregnant, constipado = with a cold, but there are a number of Spanish nouns which have a different meaning depending on whether they have the definite article el or la.

Here are 30 in alphabetical order:

el calavera	rotter, cad; reveller	la calavera	skull
el cámara	cameraman	la cámara	camera; chamber
el canguro	kangaroo	la cangura	female babysitter
el capital	capital (money)	la capital	capital city
el caza	fighter plane	la caza	hunting
el clave	harpsichord	la clave	code; clef (music)
el cólera	cholera	la cólera	anger, rage
el corte	cut	la corte	court (royal); entourage
el crisma	christmas card	la crisma	chrism (rel); nut (head)
el cura	priest	la cura	cure
el defensa	defender	la defensa	defence
el editorial	editorial	la editorial	publishing company
el espada	matador	la espada	sword
el final	end; finale	la final	the final (sport)
el frente	front	la frente	forehead
el gallina	(male) coward	la gallina	hen
el guardia	policeman, guardsman	la guardia	guard, police
el lila	lilac (colour); twit, wimp	la lila	lilac (flower)
el mariquita	poof (homosexual)	la mariquita	ladybird
el mayor	male adult	la mayor	female adult
el orden	order (in a series)	la orden	order (command)
el papa	the Pope	la papa	potato
el parte	report	la parte	part
el pelota	creep	la pelota	ball
el pez	fish (living)	la pez	tar
el policía	policeman	la policía	the police
el radio	radius	la radio	radio
el té	tea	la te	T (the letter)
el veleta	fickle person	la veleta	weathervane
el vocal	member; director; chairman	la vocal	vowel