Spanish Word of the Day
Monday, August 5, 2013
salir, verb
to come out
to come out
You’ll probably already know salir in the meaning of ‘to go out’:
Le encanta salir con las amigas.
She loves going out with her friends.
It also means the opposite: to come out:
Cuando salimos del cine, llovía.
When we came out of the cinema it was raining.
You don’t only use it to refer to people. If a record or a book comes out, you also use salir:
Acaba de salir su última novela.
His latest novel has just come out.
Están todos a la espera de que en los próximos días salga su nuevo CD.
Everybody’s waiting for his new CD to come out in the next few days.
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Spanish Word of the Day
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
sensible, adjective
sensitive
sensitive
If you say that someone es una persona muy sensible, you’re not saying how sensible they are. Instead, you’re commenting on their sensitivity.
Sensible can be used to refer to people, living things and materials which are sensitive in some kind of way. A is the preposition you use to refer to what objects and people are sensitive to.
Sensible can be used to refer to people, living things and materials which are sensitive in some kind of way. A is the preposition you use to refer to what objects and people are sensitive to.
un material sensible a la luz
a light-sensitive material
su corazón sensible
his sensitive heart
La grasa del vientre es muy sensible a hormonas del estrés.
The fat in the stomach is very sensitive to stress hormones.
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Spanish Word of the Day
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
vez, noun
time
time
Vez can be used in dozens of ways when you need to talk about time in the meaning of ‘occasion.’ Today we’re looking at a couple of them.
por primera vez
for the first time
por última vez
for the last time
Notice that you don’t need the article in these phrases.
Cuando te vi por primera vez, inmediatamente supe que nos llevaríamos bien.
When I saw you for the first time I knew right away that we’d get on well.
When you want to say ‘it’s the first/second/etc time’ that you’ve done something, remember that in Spanish you use the present tense:
Es la primera vez que viajo en avión.
It’s the first time I’ve flown.
Ya es la tercera vez que te lo digo.
This is the third time I’ve told you.
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