One of the things that make the Internet useful is that it has vínculos. A vínculo is a link from one website to another. It is what bonds or ties the two pages to one another.
Like many words on the web, it is not web specific. It is used when trying to make a connection […]
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Y por si eso fuera poco
You will sometimes see “y por si eso fuera poco” towards the bottom of advertisements. It means “and if that were not enough.”
I have seen it before, but because I recently was trying to explain to someone what it meant, I guess I am more sensitive to noticing it. I have seen it quite a […]
Problema
Problema is just what it looks like, problem. The problem with problema comes in trying to remember if its la problema or el problema. In language school they taught us a little rhyme to help, perhaps you will enjoy it.
El problema es masculino. La solución es feminina.
The problem is masculine. The solution is feminine.
Manar
Manar means to flow or to pour forth. The idea is that it is something that comes out quickly like to gush. Figuratively it means to abound.
A friend of mine used manar last week while he was teaching a class. I have never heard the word used that I can remember outside of this reference, […]
Cosquillas
Cosquillas means tickle. Dar cosquillas is to tickle.
I remember cosquillas by relating it to costillas, ribs. Dar cosquillas a las costillas.
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