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December 1, 2006 / 01 de deciembre, 2006

Posted inWord of the Day | Updated: 6:03 am, Dec 4, 2006 byMr. Herren
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ADVANCED VOCABULARY - NO TRANSLATION:

acuciar (de acucia) tr. Estimular, dar prisa (a una persona). 2 Desear (una cosa) con vehemencia.

Mas esto no hace sino acuciar la angustia de un hombre
que debe construirse un futuro sin una guía.

BEGINNING TO INTERMEDIATE WITH TRANSLATION:

  • inversión s.f. 1 inversion (poner al revés). 2 FIN. investment (de dinero).
  • inversionista s.m. y.f. investor.

No creo que fue una buena inversión.
I don’t think it was a good investment.

BASIC VOCABULARY - Thematic approach- Travel Terms

  • el cambio de moneda - currency exchange
  • el viaje - travel, trip
  • la clase turista - economy class
  • la clase ejecutiva - business class

IDIOM

Llamar al pan pan y al vino vino.

Spanish: To call bread, bread and wine, wine.
English: To call a spade a spade.

  • Saltar a la vista - To be obvious
  • Se alquila - For rent
  • Echar pajas - To draw lots
  • Echar un trago - To take a drink

BONUS WORD - TODAY SYNONYMS ARE PRESENTED.

Sinónimos- acuciar(urge on, goad, prod, spur, stimulate, incite, instigate) apremiar, urgir, acelerar, apurar, apresurar, espolear, incitar.

MODISMO-

(Argentina)- enchinchado - angry, bothered - enojado, molesto.

PROVERB -

Quien tarde se levanta, todo el día trota.
He that rises late must trot all day.

Business Terms

  • tope - limit, deadline
  • tema - subject, matter
  • suplente - stand-in or replacement

Outstanding article on syntax in Spanish:

http://latinamericalinks.com/syntax.htm

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

  • substance - sustancia
  • mass - masa
  • series - serie
  • state - estado

Verb of the Day

abalanzar v.t. 1. to fling, to hurl. 2 to balance.

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