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Christmas and New Year’s Vocabulary Revisited

December 5, 2016VocabularyChristopher Howard

Christmas – Navidad
Christmas card – tarjeta navideña
Christmas carol- un villancico
Christmas day – el día de Navidad
Christmas decorations – adornos de navidad
Christmas eve – la nochebuena
Christmas gift – regalo
Christmas lights read more

A Shameless Person

November 30, 2016Spanish phrasespeopleChristopher Howard

Bien pellizcado/a is an astute person
Cascarudo/a is a shameless person
Cletero/a is a bicyclist
Echar patas literally means to sprout feet, but is used when an object is stolen.
Estar de manteles largos is to celebrate one’s birthday
Guindo is type of gully or read more

To be alert

October 26, 2016Spanish phrases, VocabularyChristopher Howard

Agüevazón is a type of letdown or a feeling of disappointment.
Arañitas literally means small spiders, but can refer to a type of varicose veins.
Ateniense is a person who from the mountain town of Atenas
Bajarle el humo a alguien means to put people in their place.
Caite is read more

Baseball Vocabulary

October 5, 2016VocabularyChristopher Howard

Ball – la pelota
Base – la base
Bat – el bate
Batter – bateador
Batter’s helment – el casco
Batter’s box – la caja de bateo
To bat – batear
Bleachers – la tribuna or las gradas
Bull pen – el read more

To make a face at someone

September 12, 2016Spanish phrasesChristopher Howard

Boronas – bread crumbs. The correct words are migas or migajas.
Carebarro – a shameless person. Sin vergüenza or descarado are more correct terms.
Carne de tabo – a person who is in jail
Estar como hormiga en popi – means to be happy. Feliz como read more

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