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ADVANCED VOCABULARY – NO TRANSLATION:

ignominia 1. f. Afrenta pública que uno padece.

Más aborrezco el mando que la muerte, pero todavía aborrezco más la ignominia de la deserción.
- Simón Bolívar

BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION:

saltar v.i. 1 to jump, to leap. 2 to skip, to hop. 3 to fidget. 4 to bounce (botar). 5 to burst, to explode (estallar). 6 to come off, to come away, to come loose (desprenderse); to pop out; to come off (un botón).

La bailarina salta con gracia.
The ballerina leaps with grace.
sal TAR

BASIC VOCABULARY – Thematic approach- Fruits

la cereza – cherry
la ciruela – plum
la frambuesa – raspberry
la fresa – strawberry

IDIOM

Darle a uno una buena lejía
Spanish: To give someone a good dose of bleach.
English: To give someone a good scolding.

De seguro – For certain or for sure
Dejarse de rodeos – Stop the stories or excuses — also stop beating around the bush.
Perder la vista – To go blind
Poner en limpio – To re-copy or make a clean copy.

BONUS WORD – TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.

ignominia – disgrace, ignominy, disgraceful act, shameful act – abyección, deshonor, deshonra, ultraje, infamia, mancilla

MODISMO-

(Puerto Rico)- corrotoco – dwarf – enano

PROVERB -

Cada cuba huele al vino que tiene
Every cask smells of the wine it contains

SPANISH COGNATES – http://www.spanishstudies.com/spanish_cognates.htm

aboard – a vordo
navigation – navegación
sailboat – bote de vela
catamaran – catamarán

Business Vocabulary

un archivo firma – signature file
borrar un mensaje – to delete a message
una dirección electrónica – an e-mail address
enviar un e-mail – to send an e-mail.

Verb of the Day

abastecer v.t. y v. pron. to supply, to provide