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Spanish Word of the Day

Posted inWord of the Day | Updated: 8:13 am, Mar 30, 2005 by Mr. Herren

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ADVANCED VOCABULARY - NO TRANSLATION

premura(it. premura, der. de premere, tener prisa, del 1. premere, apretar) f. Aprieto, apuro, prisa, urgencia, instancia.

Espero con premura, que llegue el día en que los toros, puedan devolver a los toreros todos los maltratos que llevan sufriendo desde antaño. Sería lo justo.
-Jaumeta

http://www.galeon.com/ayudaanimales/frases.htm

BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION

saludable adj. 1 healthy, salutary. 2 (fig.) salutary, beneficial.

Mi padre siempre ha sido una persona muy saludable.
My father has always been a very healthy person.

BASIC VOCABULARY - Thematic approach- War terms.

  • la mina terrestre - land mine
  • el tanque - tank
  • la armada - navy
  • la batalla - battle

Next week - Basic Vocabulary- Criminal and justice terms

IDIOM

  • Perder los estribos.
  • Spanish: To lose the stirrups.
  • English: To lose one’s temper or to fly off the handle.

BONUS WORD - TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.

Sinónimos- premura (urgency or haste ) prisa.

MODISMO

(Venezuela) abacorar - to harass - hostigar.

Next week - modismos from Costa Rica

PROVERB

  • El hombre propone y Dios dispone.
  • Man proposes, God disposes.

BUSINESS VOCABULARY

  • el sobregiro - overdraft
  • el retiro - withdrawal
  • el fondo mutualista - mutual fund
  • el fondo - fund

ADVANCED PHRASE - no translation

Tu moda es tu personalidad.

SPANISH COGNATES

http://www.spanishstudies.com/spanish_cognates.htm

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