Today’s Spanish word of the day is “dormir.” It’s a verb meaning “to sleep.” The reflexive form “dormirse” can mean “to fall asleep.” For example: The word “dormir” comes from Latin dormire, meaning “to sleep”. This is also the root of several English words related to sleep, including “dormant” and “dormitory”. “Dormir” is an irregular […]
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “hotel”. Unsurprisingly, it means “hotel”! It’s pronounced a bit differently in Spanish to in English though, with a silent h, a shorter o, and a soft t. Both English and Spanish “hotel” come from the French word hôtel, which originally meant a palace or large house before acquiring
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “trabajo”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “work”, “job” or “labor”. It can also be used to refer to an individual assignment or task. The word “trabajo” comes from the verb “trabajar”, meaning “to work”. The etymology of “trabajar” is contested, but the most common theory is that it
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “paz”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “peace”. Unlike in English where the word “peace” is usually used without the definite article “the”, in Spanish it is common to use the definite article. When talking about the concept of peace in general, you would refer to it as “la
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “realmente”. It’s an adverb meaning “really” or “actually”. You might have noticed that a lot of English adverbs that end in -ly end in -mente in Spanish. The -ly ending in English has Germanic roots, while the -mente ending comes from Latin. Here are a few other examples:
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “caja”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “box” or “crate”. The word can also refer to the place where you pay in a shop or other establishment, and can translate as “cash register”, “checkout”, “counter” or “till”. One related Spanish word is the verb “encajar”, meaning “to fit”. This
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “cualquiera”. It’s usually used as an indefinite pronoun meaning “any”, “anyone”, “anybody”, “whichever” or “whoever”. When used before a noun, the word is shortened to “cualquier”, for example “cualquier lugar” (“any place”). The word “cualquiera” was formed by combining the words “cual” (“which”) and “quiera”, which is a
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “fuego”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “fire” or “flame”. Like the English word “fire”, the word can also refer to the shot of a gun or other weapon. The Spanish expression for “fireworks” is “fuegos artificiales” (literally “artificial fires”). The word “fuego” comes from Latin focus, meaning “hearth”.
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “muerte”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “death”. It comes from the Latin word mors, meaning “death”, which is related to the verb “morir” (“to die”). Some related English words from the same Latin roots include “mortal” and “mortality”. Example sentences La muerte de su perro lo dejó muy
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “banco”. It’s a masculine noun that can mean “bank” (as in the financial institution), or can refer to a bench or similar pieces of furniture such as a pew or stool. The word can also be used to mean “school”, as in a school of fish rather than
