Wednesday, November 2, 2016

SPANISH VOCABULARY: EPITAFIO

PALABRAS CURIOSAS DEL ESPAÑOL

Epitafio es una palabra de origen griego que existe también en inglés. Hoy, día 2 de noviembre, festividad de Día de Muertos le dedicamos nuestra atención a los difuntos.

CURIOUS SPANISH WORDS: EPITAPH
Today, 2 November, in Mexico and many other countries is the Day of the Dead (Día de Muertos, o el día de los difuntos). 






Sunday, October 16, 2016

VOCABULARIO: BUENA SUERTE (good luck)


ENCONTRAR UN TRÉBOL DE 4 HOJAS ES SEÑAL BUENA SUERTE. Esta superstición es antiquísima, se cita ya en la Biblia. La buena suerte puede deberse, tal vez, a que  posibilidad de encontrar uno es remota. Hay un trébol de 4 hojas por cada 10 000 de tres.

FINDING A FOUR LEAF CLOVER OR A SHAMROCK IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK AND GOOD FORTUNE. This superstition is very old, there is one mention of the 4 leaf clover in the Bible. The chance of finding one, however, is remote as there is one 4 leaf clover for every 10 000 clover, may be that explain why finding one means 'to have good luck'.

HOW WE WISH GOOD LUCK:

¡buena suerte!
¡mucha suerte!
¡suerte!
¡que tengas suerte!
¡te deseo suerte!




In other European languages:

FRENCH: bonne chance; CATALAN: bona sort, molta sort; ITALIAN: buona fortuna; PORTUGUESE: boa sorte; GERMAN: viel Glück; ENGLISH: good luck and SPANISH: buena suerte, mucha suerte.


Saturday, October 8, 2016

Thursday, September 22, 2016

Vocabulario: Una mariposa (a butterfly)


LA BELLEZA DE LA MARIPOSA  - The beauty of the butterfly

In other European languages:

FRENCH: le papillon; CATALAN: la papallona; ITALIAN: la farfalla; PORTUGUESE: a borboleta; GERMAN: der Schmetterlingsstil ; ENGLISH: the butterfly and SPANISH: la mariposa







Sunday, July 3, 2016

SPANISH IDIOMS: Freir espárragos



When we are angry with someone we can use this expression that clearly convey the message of 'leave me alone' or 'you made me angry, get lost.

See below the picture for more examples of how to use this expression but be careful in using it unless your Spanish is almost as good as a native speaker.