Today’s Spanish word of the day is “centro”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “center”. It’s related to the English word “center”, as both come from Latin centrum, which originally referred to the central point of a compass used for geometry. Like in English, the word can refer to buildings and institutions, for example “centro comercial”, […]
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “familia”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “family”. Both Spanish “familia” and English “family” come from the Latin word familia, which originally referred to the members of a household, whether they were related or not. Example sentences ¿Cómo está tu familia? How is your family? La familia es lo
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “negocio”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “business” or “deal”. The word “negocio” comes from Latin negotium meaning “lack of leisure”. Some common phrases involving the word “negocio” include: Example sentences Mi hermana abrió su propio negocio de pasteles. My sister started her own cake business. El negocio familiar
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “auto”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “car”, and is short for “automóvil” (“automobile”). The word “auto” is used to mean “car” in the Southern Cone countries (Chile, Argentina and Uruguay). Other countries use other terms for “car”: In Spain they say “coche”, whereas in Mexico, Central America, Peru
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “guerra”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “war”. It comes from an old Germanic word werra meaning “disorder” or “fight”, making it related to the English word “war”. Example sentences La guerra civil dejó muchas cicatrices en el país. The civil war left many scars on the country. La
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “estúpido” in the masculine form, or “estúpida” in the feminine form. It’s an adjective meaning “stupid” or “foolish”, and can also be used as a noun meaning “idiot”. The word “estúpido” comes from Latin stupidus, meaning “amazed” or “confounded”, which in turn derived from stupere, meaning “to be
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “pensar”. It’s a verb meaning “to think”. The word “pensar” comes from Latin pensare, meaning “to weigh” or “to consider”, from which we also get the English word “pensive”. The phrase “pensar en” means “to think about”, for example: “Pensar que” means “to think that”, for example: “Pensar”
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “culpar”. It’s a verb meaning “to blame” or “to accuse”. The word “culpar” comes from Latin culpare meaning “to blame”. Some English words from the same root include “culpable” and “culpability”. “Culpar” is a regular verb, so it’s conjugated in the same way as other -ar verbs. Example
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “derecho”. It can be used as a masculine noun meaning “law” or “right”, or as an adjective or adverb meaning “right”, “straight” or “upright”. The word “derecho” comes from Latin directus from the verb dirigere meaning “to set straight”. Example sentences Estudié derecho… pero ahora me dedico a
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “adónde”. It’s an adverb meaning “where” or “where to”. The word was formed by combining the preposition “a” (“to”) with the word “dónde” (“where”), so it literally means “to where”. The difference between the words “adónde” and “dónde” is that “adónde” implies some kind of movement or direction,
