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
Today’s Spanish word of the day is a two for one: “muchacho” (masculine) and “muchacha” (feminine). The masculine form means “boy” or “young man”, while the feminine form means “girl” or “young woman”. In the past, the words “muchacho” and “muchacha” could be used to refer to servants and maids, though this usage is quite
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Today’s Spanish word of the day is “tarde”. It’s both a feminine noun meaning “afternoon”, and an adverb meaning “late”. Some common phrases including the word “tarde” include: The Spanish word “tarde” comes from the Latin adverb tarde, meaning “slowly” or “late”, which came from the root tardus, meaning “slow”. Some English words from the
