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Know your Spanish nouns.

What's the difference between barandilla,

mantequilla y maravilla?

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barandilla = handrail or bannister

mantequilla = butter

In some parts of Latin America, manteca

is the more popular word for butter.

maravilla = wonder or beauty

El espect谩culo del amanecer es una maravilla.

The spectacle of the sunrise is a wonder.

Six words or phrases often related to matrimony.

English is on the left, translation on the right...

in love聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽enamorado/a

别苍驳补驳别尘别苍迟听 聽 聽 聽 聽 noviazgo聽 聽 聽

the vows聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽los votos

to live together聽 聽 聽convivir

pregnant聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽embarasada

mother-in-law聽 聽 聽 聽 suegra

Know your Spanish 'verbos'.

What's the difference between

aterrizar y aterrorizarse?

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aterrizar聽 =聽 to land or touch down

aterrorizarse聽 =聽 to be terrified

El 脕guila ha aterrizado.

The Eagle has landed.

El bravuc贸n me aterroriz贸.

The bully terrified me.

Pronouncer... AH-ghee-lah.

Know your Spanish nouns.

What's the difference between

calef贸n, calamar y calabaza?

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calef贸n = water heater

calamar = squid

calabaza =聽 pumpkin

Know your nouns and pronouns.

What's the difference between

todo, toldo y toalla?

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todo = everything

toldo聽 = awning

toalla = towel

Pronouncer... toh-AH-yah

How's your 'mojo' today?

What's the difference between the words

mojo, mojado y 尘辞箩贸苍?

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mojo is a Spanish noun meaning

garlic sauce.

mojado is an adjective meaning 'wet'.

The female form of the word is 'mojada'.

尘辞箩贸苍 is a noun meaning milestone or

boundary stone/marker.

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In English slang, 'mojo' can mean a

magical charm, hex or power.

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Note that in Spanish, the syllable

'jo' is pronounced similarly

to the English word 'hoe'.

Know your Spanish nouns.

What's the difference between

mostaza, mostrador y mosto?

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mostaza = mustard or mustard greens

mostrador聽 =聽 countertop .. or bar (in tavern)

mosto聽 =聽 grape juice

The 'illa' nouns.

What's the difference between

mantequilla, mascarilla y marisquer铆a?

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mantequilla = butter

mascarilla = face mask

marisqueria =聽 seafood restaurant

A common word for seafood is mariscos.

Out of this world.

English on left, Spanish on right.

the sun聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 el sol

a planet聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 un planeta

the moon聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽la luna

two moons聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 dos lunas

Earth聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽La Tierra

Mars聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽Marte

rotation聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽谤辞迟补肠颈贸苍

the Solar System聽 聽El Sistema Solar

La Tierra realiza una 谤辞迟补肠颈贸苍 una vez

cada veinticuatro horas aproximadamente.

Earth completes a rotation approximately

every 24 hours.

Note that the words planeta and sistema

are masculine words despite ending with 'a'.

Know your 'verbos'.

What's the difference between

descartar, descubrir y descargar?

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descartar聽 聽=聽 discard

descubrir =聽 discover

descargar聽 =聽 聽unload or download

Know your Spanish nouns.

What's the difference between

nido, nudo y desnudo?

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nido is a nest as in bird's nest

nudo is a knot or a lump as in lump in the throat.

desnudo means nude or naked -- the feminine

form is desnuda.