Word of the Day

brindar breen-dar' (verb)
to drink a toast; to offer

EXAMPLES
1. Brindemos por todos los miembros de SpanishDict que están dispuestos a ayudarnos a aprender español.
Let's drink a toast to all the SpanishDict members that are willing to help us learn Spanish.

2. ¿Puede brindarme un buen trabajo?
Can you offer me a good job?

la propuesta proh-pweh'-stah (noun)
proposal, offer

EXAMPLES
1. Es mejor tener en cuenta todas las propuestas con cuidado.
It is best to consider all proposals with care.

2. Pienso que algunas veces la gente se esfuerza demasiado en hacer propuestas originales.
I think sometimes people make too much of an effort to make original proposals.

Term of the Day:

causa perdida
lost cause

EXAMPLE:
The Speaking Spanish forum.

Pero puedes communicar en espanol perfectamente Solo. Estamos aprendiendo nuevas palabras diario aqui y tengo mucho apreciacion para las efortas de C-Bob. No es una causa perdida y estoy disfrutando mucho el foro.

Disculpe mis errores con los accentos...he perdido mi papel "cheat sheet". Probablemente, hay otros errores tambien...pero, cierto, que Solo va a correctarlos. :)

Encabronada another term of the day.
en cab roh na da.

P.O'd, chick.

La tuya,
la too ya

up yours.

Tu abuelita,

Too ab well eeta

your granny. ( a somewhat benign insult reserved for employees of Soriana at the checkout counter.)

Well thanks for the additions ladies. I noticed Solo's term can be used to describe himself as well.........jaja.

ferret wrote: Solo va a correctarlos. :)

That would be "corregirlos".

My "causa perdida" comment was about the lack of participation on this forum. It sure doesn't look like it draws much interest.

I know, I was just jerking your chain amigo.....

CanuckBob wrote:I know, I was just jerking your chain amigo.....

There was no offense taken. I've heard that my whole life!

Solovino wrote:

ferret wrote: Solo va a correctarlos. :)

That would be "corregirlos".

My "causa perdida" comment was about the lack of participation on this forum. It sure doesn't look like it draws much interest.

Thank you for the correction Solo!

I think the interest will build slowly. It's not necessarily something that requires participation unless someone has a question and most people won't ask questions 'cuz they think it makes them look silly. Hey, ya gotta ask questions!...and ya gotta learn to laugh at yourself and have fun learning.

The phonetic pronunciations are great. A guide to the pronunciation of certain letters would be really helpful as a sticky...like G is pronounced like an H when it is followed by an E or an I. Just a thought.

el odio oh'-dyoh (noun)
hate, hatred

EXAMPLES
1. El odio causa conflictos.
Hate stirs up strife.

2. Con el amor el corazón puede florecer, pero el odio lo convierte en una piedra.
With love the heart can flourish, but hate turns it to stone.

CanuckBob wrote:el odio oh'-dyoh (noun)
hate, hatred

EXAMPLES
1. El odio causa conflictos.
Hate stirs up strife.

2. Con el amor el corazón puede florecer, pero el odio lo convierte en una piedra.
With love the heart can flourish, but hate turns it to stone.

EXAMPLE:

1. El odio jarocho. El odio mas rencoroso.

Solovino wrote:

CanuckBob wrote:el odio oh'-dyoh (noun)
hate, hatred

EXAMPLES
1. El odio causa conflictos.
Hate stirs up strife.

2. Con el amor el corazón puede florecer, pero el odio lo convierte en una piedra.
With love the heart can flourish, but hate turns it to stone.

EXAMPLE:

1. El odio jarocho. El odio mas rencoroso.

Can you explain el odio jarocho? Not familiar with that term. Did you mean by that el odio mas rencoroso?

I had to look up both adjectives in my big honkin' dictionary. I'd never heard either one before.

Jarocho/a....boorish, brusque, rude, uncouth

Rencoroso/a...rancorous, spiteful

ferret wrote:I had to look up both adjectives in my big honkin' dictionary. I'd never heard either one before.

Jarocho/a....boorish, brusque, rude, uncouth

Rencoroso/a...rancorous, spiteful

One easy way of recognizing a word is through english/spanish cognates.

e.g. Famous/famoso
Curious/curioso
Fabulous/fabuloso

Then there are adjectives using Spanish words which we need to learn such as chisme, chiste, mentira.

Chisme, noun, is the gossip of the day. The adjective is chismoso/a depending on who the gossiper is.
Chiste, noun, is something funny or humourous. The adjective is chistoso/a depending on whether the humourist is male or female.
Mentira, noun, is a lie. The adjective for a person who lies on a repeated basis is mentiroso/a. Male or female.

Surprisingly this works quite frequently, and is a useful trick to have up your sleeve.

Hope this helps.

Cheers,
raq

"Donde el infierno soy yo"

Where the hell am I?