Spanish Word of the Day

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January 25, 2021

mortecino

faint
EXAMPLES
Una luz mortecina apareció entre la niebla. — A faint light appeared in the fog.
January 24, 2021

la rodaja

slice
EXAMPLES
Corté un par de rodajas de jamón y me hice un sandwich. — I cut a couple of slices of ham and made myself a sandwich.
January 23, 2021

el escalofrío

shiver
EXAMPLES
Esta película de miedo me está dando escalofríos. — This scary movie is giving me shivers.
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 having 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 espesas. — Rita has long, thick eyelashes.
January 16, 2021

grisáceo

grayish
EXAMPLES
Hace frío y el cielo está grisáceo. — It's cold and the sky is grayish.