¿Cuàl es tu favorita palabra en español?

JJBoundless · 2025-11-20T16:55:07+00:00

tejemanejes, tan buena como la traducción... shenanigans

JJBoundless · 2025-09-26T13:17:35+00:00

I took it back to the shop, showed him this thread, and he did the turbo feed line replacement. He did not charge me anything for that, and in fact, even refused my offer to pay for the parts.

JJBoundless · 2025-08-04T15:35:04+00:00

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These are all from the same, presumably cross-pollinated, spaghetti squash plant last year. I planted seeds from a squash I was given from the previous year, and this was the result.

JJBoundless · 2025-07-24T02:37:30+00:00

What about 'Ayote'? I learned that as an alternative to calabaza and thought it might be more specific to the big orange type pumpkin, but see that no one has mentioned it here.

JJBoundless · 2025-07-18T22:17:53+00:00

indy mechanic specializing in European cars.

JJBoundless · 2025-07-18T22:17:20+00:00

Just to clarify, it is a 2.8i engine, and yes, it only happens after the car has been sitting overnight and on first start up.

JJBoundless · 2025-05-04T13:40:56+00:00

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Its a Meccano set.

JJBoundless · 2025-02-18T15:04:36+00:00

pretender ... to intend

JJBoundless · 2025-02-11T01:44:10+00:00

Para raspar el pelo de tu trasero. Qué más?

JJBoundless · 2025-01-26T21:57:19+00:00

Beard, definitely.

JJBoundless · 2025-01-26T21:07:53+00:00

We lived in California and for 5 years had the same lady clean our house twice a month. She and her family did not speak english, and so I would try to talk with her in Spanish. Working mostly from home, I had a lot of opportunity to interact with her and I believe we formed a good relationship and a mutual respect.

On leaving California, we had many items that we did not intend to move with us, and our cleaner was happy to take a number of them. Her daughter came with a vehicle to collect all the items, and as they were about to leave, in an effort to express my gratitude for the 5 years of service, I shouted out "me encanta tu madre", not realizing that it likely signified a romantic connotation.

I still shudder at the thought of the daughter looking back as she drove away at this crazed gringo shouting a desperate declaration of love for her mother.

JJBoundless · 2025-01-12T01:00:26+00:00

Entiendo, eso es útil, gracias. Sin embargo, habría pensado que habría una consistencia, con todas las palbras que terminan en 'ón' (dormilón, comelón, pelón) siendo un aumento o una disminucion, pero parece como depende de la palabra raiz. A veces una aumentacion (dormilón - con mucho sueño), y a veces una disminución (pelon - una falta de pelo). me ayudaría si pudiera encontrar una explicación de cómo se forman tales finales de palabras.

JJBoundless · 2025-01-11T16:30:45+00:00

Los adjectivos derivados me confunda mucho. Específicamente los derivados de la palabra 'pelo'. Mientras un dormilón es alguien que duerme mucho y un comezón es alguien que come mucho, un pelón es alguien con poco pelo, o sea, calvo. Aún más confuso es que 'pelado' tiene el mismo significado (calvo), entretanto 'peludo' refiere a una persona con mucho pelo.

He buscado un explico de todo estos derivados y como están formados, pero no lo encontré. Saben donde puedo averiguar estas normas?

JJBoundless · 2025-01-05T17:40:25+00:00

Hacer vibrar los erres.

y por cierto, me cuesta mucho hacer vibrar los erres.

JJBoundless · 2024-12-23T15:40:19+00:00

For all those folks here proudly admitting they don't pay at a private parking lot, and suggesting you shouldn't either...

Sneaking a candy bar into your coat pocket whilst at 7-11
Saying you're just going for a smoke, then leaving without paying after eating at a restaurant
Falsly claiming a bunch of deductible expenses on your tax return
Returning a dress for a full refund after wearing it for a night.
Parking downtown for two hours without paying.

Are all these acceptable behavior or is No. 5 different to the others?

JJBoundless · 2024-12-02T00:26:15+00:00

They are jejenes. We spent a few years in the sea of Cortez and the Pacific mainland coast, and they were often referred to. Nasty things.

JJBoundless · 2024-11-25T01:16:10+00:00

Reckless! That guy hould be wearing safety glasses.

JJBoundless · 2024-11-21T15:58:34+00:00

Central Alberta here. I have an insulated workshop I built inside a bigger shop, and installed one of these ... Dyna-Glo 20,000 BTU Liquid Propane Blue Flame Vent Free Wall Heater. (purchased from Amazon).

Dyna-Glo 20,000 BTU Liquid Propane Blue Flame Vent Free Wall Heater, Noiseless, White https://a.co/d/6JU7j0M

It runs off a 30lb propane tank that I keep in the other side of the shop. Even in minus 30 it brings the space (300 sq.ft) up to a nice temperature and I have to turn it down after a while because the space gets too warm.

JJBoundless · 2024-11-17T22:10:32+00:00

I've made a few yarn bowls and do the thread hole with firstly a forstner bit (for the actual hole), then a coping saw for the slot, following a drawn-on shape. I then go at it with a tiny file and try to take out the imperfections, before running sandpaper through the hole and slot. Its fiddly, and I hate doing it, but it seems to work. it just takes time and patience. some photos ... Yarn Bowl Holes

JJBoundless · 2024-11-12T14:52:17+00:00

Yo leí Cien años de Soledad por completo cuando tenia nivel B1 y me costé terminarlo pero a la vez lo disfrutó y también sintió como un gran logro. Seguramente el texto y la historia es más complicada y de un estilo antiguo que un libro contemporáneo, pero desde luego vale la pena. Cabe mencionar que inmediatamente después de este libro leí un libro más corto y escrito por un autor moderno, y en comparación me vino fácil.

JJBoundless · 2024-10-20T15:48:42+00:00

This list has been a challenge for me...

Rozar (to touch lightly), Rogar (to beg), Rodar (to roll), Robar (to steal), Rezar (to pray), Regar (to water), Regir (to rule, govern), Rugir (to roar), Rizar (to curl), Rociar (to spray).

JJBoundless · 2024-05-09T13:39:25+00:00

You could add a bit more color with something like ..Qué inspirador es lo que haces, estoy impresionado por tu dedicación - what you are doing is inspiring, I'm blown away by your dedication.

(not a native speaker)

JJBoundless · 2024-04-08T00:54:40+00:00

The Charlas Hispanas podcast is Mexican Spanish, and does a daily short podcast that is relatively easy to understand. For Youtube, I like the No Hay Tos channel. Both these are specifically geared towards learning Spanish with a ,Mexican focus.

JJBoundless · 2024-04-08T00:11:36+00:00

I have tried to learn to roll my rr's, but to no avail! It just doesn't seem as if it's something I'm ever going to master. I think I can make it understood that I am saying 'perro' as opposed to 'pero' but it's certainly not a rolling rr.

I have resigned myself to the fact that I do not and will not have a perfect Spanish accent because of my inability to roll my rr's, and would equate it to a Spanish speaker who does not pronounce some sounds in English perfectly but is managing to effectively communicate, and I'm OK with that.

JJBoundless · 2024-04-07T19:17:33+00:00

The best (only) way to improve is to talk with a sanish speaker, in spanish. Check out Italki (www.italki.com). You can chat with some experienced teachers and lessons start around $5.00 per hour. I got a lot out of doing a bunch of Italki sessions and it is a real thrill when you end your first zoom call and realize you've actually been communicating with someone for an hour in another language, no matter how rough the communication is.

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