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Significado de una palabra, discusión de su significado según el contexto o vocabulario específico sobre un tema. // Meaning of a word, discussion of its meaning according to context or specific vocabulary on a topic.
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Are there any words that have opposite regional meanings?
YES!
I think I first came across this topic on my favourite language blog and then I discovered my favourite word of this type somehow, which is in fact a Spanish word.
pelón
Here are the key defini …
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List of most commonly used Spanish words
Yes there are many such lists.
It's really easy to find them using a search engine such as Google. Here's some results using both English and Spanish keywords to get lots of results.
And the first r …
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Etymological origin of "false friends" between Spanish and English
NO.
Etymological histories of words passing from language to language and changing along the way are many and varied. False friends are just the end product of this convoluted process.
The closest y …
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¿Cómo se pueden identificar palabras de origen árabe en español?
There are some clues that help spot words that may be of Arabic origin and there are some lists on the Internet but there's no guaranteed method other than looking up the etymology of each word to kno …
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Translation of "twang"
Playing with Google Translate I get these:
Noun: tañido, sonido vibrante, acento
Verb: vibrar, hacer vibrar
In sentences where it seemed the most like it was focusing on the onomatopoeic sound its …
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What is the symbol "&" called in Spanish?
My Gran Diccionario Larousse is also very unhelpful with this.
When I look up English ampersand it lists merely: signo "&" - and it has no entry for et.
Wiktionary though lists both et and also y co …
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Is there a difference between "español" and "castellano"? // ¿Hay alguna diferencia entre "e...
It mostly varies by region and pedantry.
Some people like to insist that it must be called castellano but calmer people accept both.
Most places use español more but some places including Argentina …
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Matutino and Vespertino
These seem to be the Spanish equivalent of the "Canonical hours", specifically Matins and Vespers.
I had to look it up on Wikipedia to find the name after a hunch that it sounded like the divisions o …
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Most accurate translation of "possum"
My Larousse Gran Diccionario lists two Spanish words for the two animals refereed to as "possum" in English:
US (opossum) zarigüeya f; IDIOM Fam to play possum (pretend to be asleep) hacerse el …
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