User Arunabh

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How did "lunar" come to mean both the skin "mole" and the "moon" in Spanish and Portuguese?

asked Jun 15, 2022 at 15:23

6 votes

1 answer

2k views

Why do "beer" and "cherry" have similar words in Spanish and Portuguese? What is the historical origin of this coincidence?

asked Feb 12, 2021 at 18:01

5 votes

2 answers

2k views

When would Spanish speakers pronounce the "j" like the English "j"?

asked Feb 18, 2022 at 19:19

4 votes

2 answers

165 views

Why does "violínes" take an accent on the "i" according to this sentence?

asked Dec 10, 2022 at 5:44

4 votes

1 answer

680 views

How can you distinguish "viste" from "you saw" vs "you dress" or "he/she dresses"?

asked Jul 6, 2020 at 23:58

3 votes

1 answer

164 views

"Colegio" and "Dormitorio"

asked May 22, 2020 at 17:42

3 votes

1 answer

256 views

How is the letter "o" pronounced?

asked May 7, 2020 at 16:19

3 votes

2 answers

1k views

Why do some nouns, pronouns, and adjectives keep the accent even for the plural?

asked May 18, 2020 at 20:17

3 votes

3 answers

3k views

Why are "tinto" and "rojo" both used for "red"? What is the historical origin of this redundancy?

asked Aug 19, 2022 at 0:51

2 votes

2 answers

415 views

Why don't we say "un suéter naranjo" or "un suéter roso"? Why doesn't the gender of a color match with the gender of the noun?

asked Jul 9, 2020 at 0:56

2 votes

2 answers

259 views

How to say something “gets old fast”?

asked Jul 22, 2020 at 16:33

2 votes

2 answers

284 views

What are some exaples of Extranjerismos no adaptados and Heterónimos?

asked Aug 7, 2020 at 16:23

1 vote

2 answers

2k views

Why is the letter 'w' reserved for words that are acquired from other languages?

asked Apr 27, 2020 at 17:10

1 vote

1 answer

240 views

Use of the letter g

asked May 6, 2020 at 18:55

1 vote

2 answers

179 views

Why do we have both "el arte moderno" and "el arte métrica"? What is the historical origin of this redundancy?

asked Dec 16, 2022 at 6:13

1 vote

4 answers

560 views

How to predict the pronunciations of loanwords?

asked Jun 15, 2021 at 17:32

1 vote

3 answers

191 views

Why are some singular masculine attributive adjectives treated like that?

asked Jul 5, 2022 at 17:00

0 votes

2 answers

146 views

Is there a rule of thumb for distinguishing male and female names in Spanish?

asked Oct 4, 2022 at 16:09

0 votes

3 answers

477 views

How to predict the gender of nouns with arbitrary endings?

asked May 20, 2020 at 22:42

0 votes

1 answer

343 views

"Trae" and "traje"

asked May 11, 2020 at 17:40

0 votes

2 answers

127 views

Pronunciation of the letter z [duplicate]

asked May 14, 2020 at 19:59

0 votes

2 answers

708 views

How to predict the pronunciation of the letters "b", "v", and "h"?

asked Jun 1, 2020 at 17:39

-1 votes

2 answers

144 views

Different verb, same first person singular present tense, how to find out which verb?

asked Jul 2, 2020 at 23:30

-1 votes

1 answer

118 views

Why are there sometimes different names in different countries?

asked May 8, 2020 at 16:57

-2 votes

3 answers

376 views

Why do some words which violate gender rules? What is the historical origin of this redundancy?

asked Jul 17, 2020 at 17:25

-2 votes

1 answer

283 views

What rules do I determine for pronouncing "c", "j", "l", "s", and "z"? [closed]

asked Dec 14, 2021 at 3:50

-3 votes

2 answers

341 views

How are consonants combined with an "h" and double consonants borrowed from English?

asked Jun 23, 2020 at 17:37

-3 votes

1 answer

316 views

Development of "baca" and "baja", which seem to be antonyms with a single letter of difference? [closed]

asked Jul 24, 2020 at 18:01

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28 Questions

How did "lunar" come to mean both the skin "mole" and the "moon" in Spanish and Portuguese?

Why do "beer" and "cherry" have similar words in Spanish and Portuguese? What is the historical origin of this coincidence?

When would Spanish speakers pronounce the "j" like the English "j"?

Why does "violínes" take an accent on the "i" according to this sentence?

How can you distinguish "viste" from "you saw" vs "you dress" or "he/she dresses"?

"Colegio" and "Dormitorio"

How is the letter "o" pronounced?

Why do some nouns, pronouns, and adjectives keep the accent even for the plural?

Why are "tinto" and "rojo" both used for "red"? What is the historical origin of this redundancy?

Why don't we say "un suéter naranjo" or "un suéter roso"? Why doesn't the gender of a color match with the gender of the noun?

How to say something “gets old fast”?

What are some exaples of Extranjerismos no adaptados and Heterónimos?

Why is the letter 'w' reserved for words that are acquired from other languages?

Use of the letter g

Why do we have both "el arte moderno" and "el arte métrica"? What is the historical origin of this redundancy?

How to predict the pronunciations of loanwords?

Why are some singular masculine attributive adjectives treated like that?

Is there a rule of thumb for distinguishing male and female names in Spanish?

How to predict the gender of nouns with arbitrary endings?

"Trae" and "traje"

Pronunciation of the letter z [duplicate]

How to predict the pronunciation of the letters "b", "v", and "h"?

Different verb, same first person singular present tense, how to find out which verb?

Why are there sometimes different names in different countries?

Why do some words which violate gender rules? What is the historical origin of this redundancy?

What rules do I determine for pronouncing "c", "j", "l", "s", and "z"? [closed]

How are consonants combined with an "h" and double consonants borrowed from English?

Development of "baca" and "baja", which seem to be antonyms with a single letter of difference? [closed]