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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