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 “tipo”. It’s a noun meaning “type” or “kind”. In informal speech in Spain, it can also be used as a casual way of referring to a man, similar to the English words “guy” and “dude”. Like the English word “type”, it comes from Latin “typus”, meaning “figure”, “form”
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 “médico” in the masculine form, or “médica” in the feminine form. It can be used as either a noun meaning “doctor”, or an adjective meaning “medical”. The word “doctor/doctora” also exists in Spanish, but “medico/médica” is more commonly used to refer to medical doctors. The word “medico” comes
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “cosa”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “thing”. It comes from the Latin word cause, meaning “cause” or “reason”, which is also the root of the English word “cause”. Example sentences Hay cosas que no se explican. There are things that can’t be explained. A veces, una cosa lleva
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 “Dios”. It’s a masculine noun meaning “God”. Like the English word “God”, it can be capitalized or not depending on whether you are referring to a monotheistic God or one of many gods in a polytheistic tradition. Some common phrases involving the word “Dios” include the following: Example
