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Spanish Word of the Day
| April 11th, 2014 at 6:35:18 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Regalo is commonly used. Obsequio is pretentious.
La GRAN Calabaza... Breifly: Gran = Great Grande = Big or large La/El Grande = the Great (as in Katherine the Great or Theodosius the Great) Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| April 11th, 2014 at 7:53:01 AM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Does the word have any negative connotations like it does in English? 
D@mn, you know your history.  |
| April 11th, 2014 at 7:57:45 AM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
No, it just seems pretentious. and what did I say about NSFW?
It would be hard not to know about Theodosius, even before I latched onto Mike (Caesar Augustus) Duncan's podcasts on Rome. What would be showing off is to bring up Ambrose in connection with Theodosius. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| April 12th, 2014 at 5:14:00 AM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 | Fecha: 12-4-14 Palabra: embriagar Today's SWD means to get drunk. A related word is embriaguez, which means drunkenness. The assignment for the advanced readers is to compare and contrast embriagar y borrachear. Ejemplo time. A Raj no le puede hablar con mujeres salvo embriagado. = Raj is not able to talk to women unless he is drunk. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| April 12th, 2014 at 12:13:08 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
The first word is related to English "inebriated", the second word is from Catalan. I think that the second word is more informal (it is the one I see most often).  |
| April 12th, 2014 at 12:49:10 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
I've seen variants of borrachear lots of times but stumbled upon (sorry for the pun) embriagar just recently. There is a bar in my home town of Seal Beach called El Borracho. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |
| April 12th, 2014 at 3:53:13 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 | We don't say "inebriated" very often in English. |
| April 12th, 2014 at 4:03:43 PM permalink | |
| Nareed Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 346 Posts: 12545 |
Do it over again. It's all wrong. Donald Trump is a one-term LOSER |
| April 12th, 2014 at 5:59:18 PM permalink | |
| Pacomartin Member since: Oct 24, 2012 Threads: 1068 Posts: 12569 |
Raj no puede hablar con las mujeres, a menos que está embriaga. |
| April 12th, 2014 at 7:05:03 PM permalink | |
| Wizard Administrator Member since: Oct 23, 2012 Threads: 239 Posts: 6095 |
Raj no puede hablar con mujeres salvo esta embriagado. Knowledge is Good -- Emil Faber |