Did you know there are different names for the inside and outside of a corner?
The outside of a corner is called la esquina.
The inside of a corner is called el rincón. We have several restaurants here in town that have the word rincón in there name.

I thought clavado had something to do with nails–clavos–which it does. To hammer or drive in a nail is clavar. It can also mean to be stuck to something like having been nailed.
But what got me to thinking about clavado is when I saw it used at a swimming pool. The word clavado is used […]