Spanish Word of the Day
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ADVANCED VOCABULARY - NO TRANSLATION
**haz (1. fasce) m. Porción atada de mieses, hierba, leña, etc. 2 Conjunto de rayos luminosos de un mismo origen. 3 Conjunto de cosas largas y estrechas, dispuestas longitudinalmente y atadas por el centro. 4 ANT. Conjunto de varias fibras, musculares o nerviosas, agrupadas en un mismo trayecto. 5 BOT. Hacecillo (conjunto de elementos conductores. 6 FIS. Corriente en una sola dirección de radiación electromagnetica o particular.
Un haz de pensamientos inspiró el empeño.
BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION:
nublado, -a adj. 1 cloudy, overcast/ s.m. 2 storm cloud. 3 (fig.) imminent danger, threat.
Está nublado
eh-STAH noo-BLAH-doh
BASIC VOCABULARY - Soccer - Fútbol.
- el tiro penal - penalty kick
- el tiro libre - free kick
- la tarjeta roja - red card
- el tiempo extra - overtime
Next Week - Art
IDIOM (S)
No partir peras con nadie
Spanish: Not to share pears with anyone.
English: To act alone in one’s own interest or to gou out on one’s own.
- Se solicita - Wanted
- Se ve que - It is obvious that
- Se habla español - Spanish is spoken
- Sin querer - Unwillingly
BONUS WORD - TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.
Sinónimos - haz ( bundle, bunch, beam, sheaf, truss, fasces) fajo, brazada, manojo, atado.
MODISMO
(Ecuador) chilito - kite - cometa.
Next week - Mexico
PROVERB
Sin noticias, buenas noticias.
No news is good news.
COGNATES
- past - pasado
- paste - pasta
- pastor - pastor
- paternal - paterno
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ADVANCED PHRASE - no translation
La esperanza es un árbol en flor que se balancea dulcemente al soplo de las ilusiones.
–Severo Catalina
Lima beans originated in Guatemala. From there, they traveled to Mexico and the Southwest United States. They arrived in Peru from Central America. Varieties with large seeds and large pods were developed in the warm coastal areas. The name “lima bean” was named after Lima, Peru.
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