Today’s Spanish word of the day is “ley”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “law”. It comes from the Latin word lex (from legis), which also meant “law” and is the root of several English words including “legal”, “loyal” and “legislation”. Example sentences Nadie está por encima de la ley. No one is above the law. […]
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “llamada”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “call”, as in “phone call”. Some common phrases involving the word “llamada” include: The word “llamada” comes from the verb “llamar”, meaning “to call”. This word in turn comes from Latin clamare, meaning “to cry” or “to shout”, from which we get
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “encantar”. It’s a verb that can mean “to love” or “to enchant/bewitch”. When used to mean “to love”, the thing that is loved is the subject of the phrase, not the person doing the loving. Therefore, to say “I love it”, you’d say “me encanta”, which is literally
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “través”. It’s mainly used in the phrase “a través”, meaning “through” or “across”. The word “través” comes from Latin transversus, which meant “turned or directed across”. This is also the root of the English words “traverse” and “transverse”. Example sentences Caminamos a través del bosque. We walked through
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “cuarto”. It means “fourth” or “quarter”, and is used when telling the time, for example: It also means “room”, in particular a bedroom. It’s thought the word acquired the meaning “room” because houses were traditionally divided into four parts. The word “cuarto” comes from Latin quartus, which also
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “tiempo”. It’s a masculine noun that can mean “time” or “weather”. It might seem strange that “tiempo” can mean both “time” and “weather”, but English originally linked the concepts as well in the word “tide” (as in “Yuletide”), which used to refer to both time and weather. For
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “vez”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “time” or “occasion”. The plural is “veces”. When used to mean “time”, it refers to a single occasion rather than the concept of time more generally, for which the word “tiempo” is used instead. The word “vez” is used in several common
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “andar”. It’s a versatile verb that usually means “to walk” or “to go”. It can also be used figuratively to refer to whether or not something works, or how something is going, for example: The phrase “andar en bicicleta” is also used to refer to cycling, for example:
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “millón”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “million”. The plural form is “millones” (“millions”). Both Spanish “millón” and English “million” come from the Italian word milione, which is an augmentative form of Italian mille (“thousand”). Example sentences Tengo un millón de cosas que hacer hoy. I have a million
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “caballero”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “gentleman” or “knight”. It can be used as a polite way of addressing a man, and is used in the phrase “damas y caballeros” (“ladies and gentlemen”). It’s also used to refer to medieval knights, The word “caballero” comes from Latin caballarius
