Realidad

Realidad

Today’s Spanish word of the day is “realidad”.

It’s a feminine noun meaning “reality”. The phrase “en realidad” usually translates as “actually”.

The word “realidad” comes from Latin realitas which in turn came from the word realis meaning “actual” or “belonging to the thing itself”. Related English words include “reality”, “real” and “realize”.

La realidad es más extraña que la ficción.

Reality is stranger than fiction.

Cada persona vive su propia realidad.

Everyone lives their own reality.

Los neurocientíficos estudian cómo el cerebro construye nuestra percepción de la realidad.

Neuroscientists study how the brain constructs our perception of reality.

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