holavocab

Bajar

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “bajar”. It’s a verb meaning “to go down”, “to decrease”, “to take down” or “to lower”. When referring to cars and other forms of transport, it means “to get out” or “to get off”, for example: The word “bajar” comes from the adjective “bajo”, meaning “short” or “low”, […]

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Enseguida

Enseguida

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “enseguida”. It’s an adverb meaning as “immediately” or “right away”. It’s a compound word formed from the elements “en” (in) and “seguida” (continuing). Other ways of saying “enseguida” in Spanish include “ya” and “ahora mismo”. For example, if you wanted to say “I’m going to call the doctor

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Único

Único

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “único”. It’s an adjective meaning as “unique” or “sole”. It can also be translated “only” in phrases such as “hijo único” (only child). Both English “unique” and Spanish “único” come from Latin unicus, meaning “single”, “sole” or “alone of its kind”. This word is also related to English

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Mismo

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “mismo”. It usually translates as “same”, and can be used as an adjective, pronoun or adverb. As an adjective, it means “same” and agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies: As a pronoun, it can mean “the same person”, “the same one” or “the

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Correr

Correr

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “correr”. It’s a verb meaning “to run”. “Correr” is a regular verb. Here’s the conjugation in the present tense: As well as referring to running in a literal sense, the word can also be used metaphorically in phrases such as the following: Example sentences Me gusta correr en

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Cómo

Cómo

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “cómo”. It’s an adverb meaning “how”. “Cómo” is used in question phrases and is spelled with an accent mark (ó) to distinguish it from the word “como”, which is pronounced identically but listed separately in Spanish dictionaries. “Como” without the accent mark translates as “like” or “as”, rather

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Hoy

Hoy

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “hoy”. It’s an adverb meaning “today”. The word derives from a contraction of the Latin expression hoc die, meaning “on this day”. Example sentences Hoy hace mucho calor. Today it’s very hot. ¿Qué planes tienes para hoy? What plans do you have for today? Hoy es mi cumpleaños.

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Recuerdo

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “recuerdo”. It’s a masculine noun that usually translates as “memory”, but can also mean “souvenir”. The word “recuerdo” is also the first person present singular form of the verb “recorder”, meaning “to remember”. For example, “yo lo recuerdo” means “I remember it”. The word “recuerdo” is formed from

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Ya

Ya

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “ya”. It’s an adverb that usually translates as “already” or “now”. In negative phrases starting with “ya no…”, it means “anymore”. For example, “ya no quiero ir” means “I don’t want to go anymore”. The word “ya” comes from Latin iam, which also meant “already” or “now”. Interestingly,

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Perder

Perder

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “perder”. It’s a verb meaning “to lose”. The reflexive form, “perderse”, means “to get lost”. “Perder” is an irregular verb that is conjugated with the same pattern as the verb “entender” (“to understand”). Here’s the conjugation in the present tense: Example sentences No quiero perder el tren. I

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