Monday, August 05, 2019

Some Spanish Words That Caught My Fancy

I think it becomes clear why I liked these words - they are literal and thus easy to remember.  But I mentioned them to a couple of native Spanish speakers and they had never actually thought about them being literal and they smiled when they saw it that way.




paraquas  parar = to stop  (bus stop is parada)  and aguas = waters

It rained our first few days in Buenos Aires and then it didn't rain for the rest of the month we were in Argentina.  These folks are carrying paraguas.



anteojos  ante = before    ojos = eyes



He's wearing anteojos.




medialunas   media = half    lunas = moons


The medialunas are on the bottom of this pastry display.  This is more a metaphor.  If it's not clear what the arrow is pointing to - those are croissants.  I didn't zoom in to just the croissants because everything else looks so good.

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