I mentioned before that leyendo was the gerund form of the verb leer, which means reading and to read. With the -a instead of -o it becomes the noun legend. Leyenda can be a simple story, but would more appropriately be a story that seems larger than life. Sometimes based on fact, sometimes not. A [...]

This is a word that falls into the false friends category. Lectura does not mean lecture. It is closely tied with the word escritura in that it refers to reading. Lectura, escritura y arithmética. Reading, writing and arithmetic. Lectura de las palmas would be a palm reading. But, to read is leer. The gerund reading [...]

Most people, whether they know Spanish or not, will recognize the word casa but hogar is not as well known. Both refer to the place you live. Casa is a house. Hogar is a home. Two other words perhaps a little less familiar are domicilio and morada. Domicilio would be more of a legal term [...]

Escritura has several different meanings. When your teacher is talking about your escritura they are referring to your handwriting or manner of writing. When a judge is asking to see your property deed he will ask for your escritura. When a pastor is talking about the Bible he may call it the Escrituras. Often it [...]

Consuegro is a word we don’t even have an equivalent for in English. A person’s consuegro would be the father-in-law to that person’s son or daughter. For example: if my son José were married to Maria, then Maria’s parents would be my consuegros. Two mother-in-laws would be consuegras with one another. I think those are [...]