Spanish Word of the Day
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January 22, 2021
adormecer
to make sleepy
EXAMPLES
La película era tan aburrida que me adormeció. — The movie was so boring it made me sleepy.
January 21, 2021
matutino
morning
EXAMPLES
Pepe se está tomando su café matutino. — Pepe is drinking his morning coffee.
January 20, 2021
la coima
bribe
EXAMPLES
La policía y los funcionarios acá no aceptan coimas. — Police and civil servants don't take bribes around here.
January 19, 2021
el gabán
overcoat
EXAMPLES
Mauricio entró a la casa, se quitó los guantes y puso su gabán en el perchero. — Mauricio entered the house, took off his gloves, and put his overcoat on the coat stand.
January 18, 2021
la sentada
sit-in
EXAMPLES
Participé en muchas sentadas cuando era un estudiante universitario en los años sesenta. — I took part in a lot of sit-ins when I was a college student in the sixties.
January 17, 2021
la pestaña
eyelash
EXAMPLES
Rita tiene las pestañas largas y gruesas. — Rita has long, thick eyelashes.
January 16, 2021
grisáceo
grayish
EXAMPLES
El loro tiene el plumaje grisáceo. — The parrot has grayish plumage.
January 15, 2021
el montículo
hillock
EXAMPLES
Un monumento conmemorando a los soldados caídos se encuentra en la cima del montículo. — A monument commemorating the fallen soldiers sits at the top of the hillock.
January 14, 2021
la maña
skill
EXAMPLES
Para la pesca se necesitan sobre todo paciencia y mucha maña. — Fishing requires above all patience and a lot of skill.
January 13, 2021
la farola
streetlight
EXAMPLES
Escuché un trueno fuerte, y todas las farolas de nuestra cuadra se apagaron. — I heard a loud thunderclap, and all the streetlights on our block went out.
