Today’s Spanish word of the day is “bajo”. It can be used as an adjective meaning “short” or “low”, or as a preposition meaning “under”. In music, it also means “bass”, as in “bass guitar”. The word “bajo” comes from bassus, which meant “short” or “low”. This is also the root of the English word […]
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “cena”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “dinner”, as in the evening meal. It comes from the identical Latin word cena, whichreferred to a meal eaten at three in the afternoon. This word is thought to come from the Indo-European root *sker-, meaning “to cut”, which is also thought
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “tomar”. It’s a verb that can have several meanings, including “to get”, “to take” and “to drink”. It’s similar to the English word “to take” in that it’s a very versatile word with a lot of different applications. You could use “tomar” in the context of taking possession
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “izquierda”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “left” or “left hand”. It can also be used as an adjective (“izquierda” in the feminine form and “izquierdo” in the masculine form), also translating as “left”. The word comes from Basque ezkerra, meaning “left”. Basque is a unique language spoken in
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “pena”. It’s a feminine noun that can have a range of meanings including “pity”, “shame”, “sorrow”, “trouble” and “sentence” (in the legal sense). It’s commonly used in the phrasal verb “valer la pena”, meaning “to be worth [it]”, for example: Another common usage is the phrase “dar pena”
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “par”. It’s a masculine noun that usually translates as “pair” or “couple”. It can also translate as the identically spelled English word “par” when it’s used to describe something being under, over, or at par with something else. The word “par” comes from Latin par, meaning “equal”. This
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “vale”. It’s an interjection that’s very common in Spain (but not so much in Latin America), and translates as “okay”. Originally, “vale” was used as a way of saying goodbye. It comes from Latin vale, which meant something like “be healthy”. However, these days it’s almost always used
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “médico” in the masculine form, or “médica” in the feminine form. It can be used as either a noun meaning “doctor”, or an adjective meaning “medical”. The word “doctor/doctora” also exists in Spanish, but “medico/médica” is more commonly used to refer to medical doctors. The word “medico” comes
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “escuchar”. Today’s Spanish word of the day is “sitio”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “place”. It can also mean “space” or “room” in phrases such as “¿Hay sitio?” (“Is there space/room?”). Like the English word “site”, it comes from the Latin word situs, meaning “situation” or “position”. In
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “escuchar”. It’s a verb usually translated as “to listen to”, though it can also be translated as “to hear” in some contexts. Like the distinction between “to listen to” and “to hear” in English, there’s usually a distinction between the verbs “escuchar” and “oír” in Spanish. “Oír” means
