Today’s Spanish word of the day is “sal”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “salt”. Like the English word “salt”, it comes from the Proto Indo European root *sal-. Proto Indo European was the ancestor language of both English and Spanish, and was spoken around 5,000 years ago. Salt hasn’t changed much in the last 5,000 […]
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “tren”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “train”. Both the English and Spanish word for train come from the Old French word “trainer”, meaning “to pull or drag”. Example sentences El tren llega a las siete de la mañana. The train arrives at seven in the morning. ¿A qué
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “otro”. It’s an adjective meaning “other”. It’s not a coincidence that the word looks a bit like English “other”. English and Spanish share a common ancestor, Proto-Indo-European, which was spoken about 5,000 years ago. English “other” and Spanish “otro” both come from the same Proto-Indo-European word, which linguists
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “divertido”. It’s an adjective meaning “fun” or “entertaining”. It’s related to the verb “divertir”, meaning “to entertain”. Example sentences Ese programa de televisión es realmente divertido. That TV show is really entertaining. Ir de compras con mi hermana es divertido. Going shopping with my sister is fun. Aprender
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “difícil”. It’s an adjective meaning “difficult”. There are also times when it can mean “unlikely” or “improbable”. Like the English word “difficult”, it comes from the Latin word “difficilis”, which was the opposite of “facilis” (“easy”). Example sentences Aprender vocabulario no es tan difícil. Learning vocabulary isn’t too
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “tampoco”. It’s an adverb meaning “neither” or “nor”. The word was formed by combining the words “tan” (“so”) and “poco” (“little”). Example sentences Ella no fue al cine y yo tampoco. She didn’t go to the movies and neither did I. Nosotros tampoco sabemos la respuesta. We don’t
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “tipo”. It’s a noun meaning “type” or “kind”. In informal speech in Spain, it can also be used as a casual way of referring to a man, similar to the English words “guy” and “dude”. Like the English word “type”, it comes from Latin “typus”, meaning “figure”, “form”
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “nada”. It’s an indefinite pronoun meaning “nothing”. Since Spanish uses the double negative, there are times when “nada” can be translated as “anything”, for example in the phrase “no tengo nada” (“I don’t have anything”). This literally means “I don’t have nothing”, which would generally be considered grammatically
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “nuevo” in the masculine form, or “nueva” in the feminine. It’s an adjective meaning “new”. It comes from Latin “novus”, the same root as several English words, including “novel”, “innovate” and “renovate”. Example sentences Compré un nuevo coche el mes pasado. I bought a new car last month.
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “orden”. It’s a noun that means “order”. Like in English, it can refer to a few different things, including: Confusingly, the word “orden” is masculine when referring to the arrangement of something or a sense or order and discipline, but feminine when referring to a command or a
