Today’s Spanish word of the day is “vida”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “life”. It can also mean “living” in phrases such as “ganarse la vida” (“to earn a living”). The word “vida” comes from Latin vita, which is also the origin of English words such as “vital” and the phrase “curriculum vitae”. Example sentences […]
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “poco” in the masculine form, or “poca” in the feminine form. It means “little”, “not much” or “few”, and can be used as an adjective, adverb or pronoun depending on context. The word “poco” is often used with the diminutive ending “-ito/-ita” for emphasis or to add an
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “luz”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “light”. It can refer to both the physical phenomenon of visible light as well as lamps and other devices used to produce it artificially. In Spanish-speaking countries, the word “luz” is also used to refer to the electricity or power supply, even
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “final”. It usually translates as “final” or “end”. Like the English word “final”, it can be used as an adjective or noun depending on the context. When used as an adjective, “final” is used in a similar way to English “final”, except that it comes after the noun:
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “bajar”. It’s a verb meaning “to go down”, “to decrease”, “to take down” or “to lower”. It can also mean “to download”. When referring to cars and other forms of transport, it means “to get out” or “to get off”, for example: The word “bajar” comes from the
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “enseguida”. It’s an adverb meaning as “immediately” or “right away”. It’s a compound word formed from the elements “en” (“in”) and “seguida” (“continuing”). Other ways of saying “enseguida” in Spanish include “ya” and “ahora mismo”. For example, if you wanted to say “I’m going to call the doctor
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “mismo”. It usually translates as “same”, and can be used as an adjective, pronoun or adverb. As an adjective, it means “same” and agrees with the gender and number of the noun it modifies: As a pronoun, it can mean “the same person”, “the same one” or “the
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “correr”. It’s a verb meaning “to run”. “Correr” is a regular verb. Here’s the conjugation in the present tense: As well as referring to running in a literal sense, the word can also be used metaphorically in phrases such as the following: Example sentences Me gusta correr en
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “cómo”. It’s an adverb meaning “how”. “Cómo” is used in question phrases and is spelled with an accent mark (ó) to distinguish it from the word “como”, which is pronounced identically but listed separately in Spanish dictionaries. “Como” without the accent mark translates as “like” or “as”, rather
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “hoy”. It’s an adverb meaning “today”. The word derives from a contraction of the Latin expression hoc die, meaning “on this day”. Example sentences Hoy hace mucho calor. Today it’s very hot. ¿Qué planes tienes para hoy? What plans do you have for today? Hoy es mi cumpleaños.
