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November 27, 2006 / 27 de noviembre, 2006

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ADVANCED VOCABULARY – NO TRANSLATION:

pulcro, -cra (1. pulchru) adj. Aseado, esmerado en el adorno de su persona, en la ejecución de las cosas, en la conducta, etc. 2 Ejecutado o arreglado con pulcritud.

Pensó: ‘Debe ser pulcro, generoso, honrado, bueno…
El Chulla Romero y Flores – Jorge Icaza

BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION:

llanta s.f. 1 rim (de automóvil, bicicleta, etc). 2 hoop (de carro). 3 flat piece of iron. 4 tire. 5 large sunshade (utilizada en los mercados). 6 BOT. type of cabbage.

¿Sabes cambiar la llanta?
Do you know how to change the tire?
YAN ta

BASIC VOCABULARY – Thematic approach- Driving Terms

  • la autopista – expressway
  • el carril – lane
  • el callejón – alley
  • la señal de tráfico – road sign

IDIOM

Caerse de su burro
Spanish: To fall from your donkey
English: To admit one’s mistake

  • Poco rato – Very soon
  • Tierra adentro – Inland
  • Tierra de las hadas – Fairyland
  • Tierra firme – Mainland or solid ground

BONUS WORD – TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.

Sinónimos- pulcro – neat, smart, tidy, immaculately turned out, upright, scrupulous – esmerado, cuidadoso, escrupuloso, prolijo, aseado, limpio, atildado

MODISMO-

(Venezuela)- parcho – a medicine patch used on the skin.

PROVERB -

No hay enemigo pequeño.
There is no little enemy.

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

  • sanitary – sanitario
  • repair – reparación
  • military – militar
  • ozone – ozono

Business Vocabulary

  • la subasta – auction
  • la garantía – collateral
  • el embargo preventivo – lien
  • el juicio hipotecario – foreclosure

Verb of the Day

abaratar v.t. to lower, to reduce (rebajar el precio).

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