Business – el negocio
(Pronounced nay-go-thee-oh)
To remember that business is pronounced nay-go-thee-oh (negocio) in European Spanish, use the following mnemonic:
His business made necklaces for goats; the only (negocio) problem was that he had no customers.
Negocio is masculine, so it’s el negocio. Imagine elephants running a business: