In Spanish you have certain words with different meaning depend on the genre. Some examples:
"El mañana" is, in a poetic way, the future.
"La mañana" is the morning.
"El rosa" is a colour.
"La rosa" is a flower. It could be rose or not. Red and white are more common.
"El naranja" is a colour again.
"La naranja" is a fruit. The orange tree is called "naranjo"
"El cura" is a catholic priest.
"La cura" is the healed of an injury.
"El coma" is when a person is like sleeping because an illness or and accident.
"La coma" is a sign of punctuation.
"El disco" is something round and flat. It could be a DVD.
"La disco" is the sort for "discoteca" a place where you go dancing.
"El capital" is the money of a person, company or country.
"La capital" is the main city of a country or region.
I'll be glad if you correct my mistakes in English.
Don't hesitate to ask any question.