Today’s Spanish word of the day is “necesario”. It’s an adjective meaning “necessary”. Like the English word “necessary”, it comes from Latin necessarius, which had the same meaning. Example sentences El agua es necesaria para sobrevivir. Water is necessary to survive. Es necesario tener paciencia. It is necessary to have patience. Un pasaporte es necesario […]
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “segundo”. It means “second”, both as an adjective referring to something or someone that comes second, and as a noun meaning the unit of time. LIke the English word “second”, it comes from Latin secundus, meaning “following“ or “next“. Example sentences Llegaremos en un segundo. We’ll get there
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “desde”. It’s a preposition meaning “since” or “from”. The word originated as a contraction of the Latin phrase de ex de, meaning literally “from outside of”. Example sentences Desde aquí, puedo ver la playa. From here, I can see the beach. Vivo aquí desde 2015. I have lived
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “misión”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “mission”. Like the English word “mission”, it comes from Latin missio, which referred to the act of sending something or someone. Example sentences Tenemos una misión importante. We have an important mission. Rechazó la misión. He/She rejected the mission. La misión requiere
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “partir”. It’s a verb meaning, “to leave”, “to set off or start”, or “to split, cut or break”. Etymologically speaking, it’s related to the English words “part” and “depart”, since they all ultimately derive from Latin pars (“part“). Example sentences Voy a partir el jueves. I’m going to
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “verdadero” in the masculine form, or “verdadera” in the feminine form. It’s an adjective meaning “true” or “real”. The Spanish word for “truth” is “verdad”, so the word “verdadero/verdadera” is formed by simply adding the suffix “-ero” (masculine) or “-era” (feminine) to this word. Example sentences Ella es
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “cuidado”. It can be used as a noun meaning “care” or “attention”, or used as an interjection translating as “be careful!” or “watch out!” If you want to describe doing something “carefully”, you can use the phrase “con cuidado”, which literally translates as “with care”. Example sentences ¡Cuidado!
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
