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🇬🇧 to clean 🇪🇸 limpiar How I ✨ clean my room? I just stick a rag to my leg and «limp» around. ℹ️ Pictured: a graffiti by Banksy (Chalk Farm, London) 💬 “Have you finished cleaning your room yet?” 💬 “¿Ya has terminado de limpiar tu habitación?”

🇬🇧 juice 🇪🇸 el zumo Imagine a 🇯🇵 «sumo» wrestler drinking a barrel of 🍹 juice. ℹ️ Only in Spain! In South America they say ‘el jugo’. 💬 “An orange juice, please.” 💬 “Un zumo de naranja, por favor.” #Spanish #juice #zumo #jugo #sumo #Spain #vocabulary #vocab #español #hint

🇬🇧 to live 🇪🇸 vivir Remember: «vivacious» or 🎨 «vivid» : lively | 👯 «vivacity» : liveliness ℹ️ In the picture: “¡Apaga la tele, vive tu vida!”:“Turn off the TV, live your life!”, a street art in Valparaíso, Chile, that’s becoming world famous. (Do a Google Image search.)

🇬🇧 to teach, show 🇪🇸 enseñar Imagine «el señor» teacher 🔥 «incinerating» the papers and 📚 books on his desk; he’s acting 😜 «insane». 💬 “I am teaching English.” 💬 “Estoy enseñando inglés.” #Spanish #teach #toteach #show #toshow #enseñar #señor #incinerate #insane

🇬🇧 four 🇪🇸 cuatro 1️⃣ Think of four bottles of «Cointreau». 4 because those square bottles fit so nicely 2 by 2. 2️⃣ Think of four 🐈🐈🐈🐈 «cats». 3️⃣ Remember: «quarter» 💬 “We want a room for four nights.” 💬 “Queremos un cuarto para cuatro noches.”

🇬🇧 to run 🇪🇸 correr 1️⃣ Your mail 📯 «carrier» or «courier» delivering the 📬 mail running because his 🚲 bike (🚐 van, motorcycle...) broke down. 2️⃣ «Corridors» are perfect for indoor running. (Because you can’t run in the rooms, can you?)

🇬🇧 to travel 🇪🇸 viajar It must be 👛 cost-effective to ✈️ 🚃 🚌 travel «via jar»: You buy an enormous jar, make some holes in the lid so you can breath, get in, and let a 🚚 courier service pick you up. 💬 “My grandparents are traveling.” 💬 “Mis abuelos están viajando.”

🇬🇧 roof, ceiling 🇪🇸 el techo 1️⃣ A rooftop 🍻🍹🍷 bar on the roof of your 🏠 house with «techno» 🎶 music, so 🔊 loud that it makes you 😡 «tetchy». 2️⃣ Can you jump high enough to 👆 «touch» the ceiling? ℹ️ ’Waldo’ on a rooftop? It’s a project by Canadian artist Melanie Coles.

🇬🇧 to greet, say hello 🇪🇸 saludar Remember: a (military) «salute», or 👋 «salutation». 💬 “He greeted me with a smile.” 💬 “Me saludó con una sonrisa.” #Spanish #wordoftheday #greet #hello #togreet #sayhello #saludar #salute #salutation #vocabulary #español #hint #mnemonic

🇬🇧 to know, be acquainted with 🇪🇸 conocer Remember: «connoisseur», an 👓 expert who knows all there is to know in a 🍷 certain field. ℹ️ simply ’to know’ = ’saber’ 💬 “Do you know this wine?” 💬 “¿Conoces este vino?”

🇬🇧 river 🇪🇸 el río 1️⃣ Remember: «Rio» Grande = ‘Big river’ 2️⃣ Think of «Rio» de Janeiro, the city on the ‘January River’ (in Portuguese). ℹ️ Rio de Janeiro is not on a river: it’s a bay (Guanabara Bay), the Portuguese who named the ‘river‘ at the time just didn’t realize it.

🇬🇧 cheese 🇪🇸 el queso «case» (briefcase) : A 👔 businessman walking down the street on a hot day. Smelly blue cheese oozes out of his 💼 briefcase. He’s probably a cheese salesman. 💬 “There were nine pieces of cheese on the table.” “Habían nueve trozos de queso sobre la mesa.”

🇬🇧 bracelet 🇪🇸 la pulsera 1️⃣ It goes around your wrist, where you take your «pulse». 2️⃣ Think about how those fitness bracelets (that track your activity) have «pulsating» 🚥 lights. 💬 “He gave her a wooden bracelet.” 💬 “Le regaló una pulsera de madera.”

🇬🇧 to test, try, taste 🇪🇸 probar 1️⃣ «to probe»: Imagine 🌌 NASA sending out a very space 🚀 «probe» to examine the exact 👅 taste of the 🌝 Moon (must be cheese), Mars (🍓 strawberries?) and Venus (mango + 🌴 coconut). 2️⃣ Imagine trying out a second hand 🚘 Ford «Probe».

🇬🇧 plate, dish 🇪🇸 el plato 1️⃣ The final «O» is shaped like a dish. 2️⃣ Philosopher 👴 «Plato» (never seen a plate) finding one and staring at it ❓ thinking: “But what is its purpose?” 💬 “Can you recommend any vegetarian dishes?” 💬 “¿Puede recomendar algún plato vegetariano?”

🇬🇧 father 🇪🇸 el padre Imagine your father as a pious 👴 «padre» preaching to his ⛪️ congregation. 💬 “Luke, I am your father.” 💬 “Lucas, yo soy tu padre.” #Spanish #WOTD #wordoftheday #father #padre #vocabulary #vocab #español #hint #mnemonic

🇬🇧 eye 🇪🇸 el ojo Imagine the two O’s being 👀 eyes, and J is the 👃 nose between them. 💬 “What beautiful green eyes!” 💬 “¡Qué hermosos ojos verdes!” #Spanish #WOTD #wordoftheday #eye #eyes #ojo #ojos #vocabulary #vocab #español #hint #mnemonic

🇬🇧 grandson, granddaughter 🇪🇸 el nieto, la nieta • “Do you have 👦👧 grandchildren?” - “No.” • “Are you sure? Not even in 🇷🇺 Russia?” - “Huh? Er.. «Nyet». Or.. «not yet».” 💬 “She’s my son’s daughter. She’s my granddaughter.” 💬 “Ella es la hija de mi hijo. Es mi nieta.”

🇬🇧 woman 🇪🇸 la mujer 1️⃣ Women have 💇 «more hair» (or longer hair) than men. 2️⃣ Picture a 👩 woman wearing a «mohair» sweater. 💬 “She is a charming woman.” 💬 “Ella es una mujer encantadora.” #Spanish #woman #mujer #mohair #hair #vocabulary #español #hint #mnemonic

🇬🇧 mountain 🇪🇸 la montaña The name of the 🇺🇸 U.S. state of «Montana» is derived from the Spanish for 🗻 mountain. 💬 “We reached the top of the mountain.” 💬 “Hemos alcanzado la cima de la montaña.” #Spanish #mountain #montaña #Montana #vocabulary #español #hint #mnemonic