Today’s Spanish word of the day is “jurar”. It’s a verb meaning “to swear”, “to promise” or “to vow”. The word comes from Latin iurare, meaning “to swear an oath”, from which we get the English word “jury” (since members of the jury swear an oath), as well as “perjury” (a false oath). It’s also […]
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “pregunta”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “question”. Some useful phrases using the word “pregunta” include: The word “pregunta” comes from the verb “preguntar” (“to ask”), which in turn comes from Latin percontari (“to ask”). Example sentences Tengo una pregunta para ti. I have a question for you. La
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “siguiente”. It’s an adjective meaning “next” or “following”. Some useful phrases involving the word “siguiente” include the following: The word “siguiente” comes from Latin sequentis, which also meant “next” and is related to the Spanish verb “seguir”, meaning “to follow”, as well as the English word “sequence” (“secuencia”
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “mano”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “hand”. Although it’s common for masculine nouns to end in -o and feminine nouns to end in -a, there are a few words that break this rule, of which “mano” is one of the most commonly used. Some other words that don’t
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “ninguno”. It’s a versatile word that can be used as an adjective or a pronoun depending on the context. When used in affirmative clauses, it can translate as “no”, “none”, “no one” or “nobody”, for example: Since Spanish uses double negatives while English does not, when the word
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “regresar”. It’s a verb meaning “to return” or “to come back”. The word “regresar” comes from the Spanish word “regreso” (“return”), which in turn comes from Latin regressus, meaning “a return”. This is also the root of the English word “regress”. In English, “to regress” implies going backwards
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “tras”. It’s a preposition meaning “after” or “behind”. It can be used to mean “after” when referring to the order in which things happen, for example: It can also be used to mean “behind” when describing where something is located, for example: The word “tras” comes from the
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “edad”. It’s a feminine noun meaning “age”. The standard way to refer to how old someone is in Spanish is to literally say that someone has a particular number of years, or has a particular age. This contrasts to English, where we would say that we are a
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “empezar”. It’s a verb meaning “to start” or “to begin”. The word “empezar” is thought to come from combining the Spanish words “en” (“in”) and “pieza” (“piece”). It’s thought that the word originally referred to taking a piece of something and starting to use it. “Empezar” is an
Today’s Spanish word of the day is “dónde”. It’s an adverb meaning “where”. When used in a question, it’s written with an accent (“dónde”), for example: This rule applies even if the question is an indirect question. This means referring to something that you don’t know the answer for, even if you’re not directly asking
