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Fragancia

June 3rd, 2008 at 10:32 pm » Comments (0)

Fragancia is what it looks like, fragrance. Yes, it is supposed to be missing an “r.”



Alberca, piscina

June 2nd, 2008 at 9:03 pm » Comments (0)

Alberca and piscina both mean a swimming pool, an artificial body of water. Another word I heard the other day is charco. This is also a pool, but a naturally occurring one.



Paracaidismo

June 1st, 2008 at 10:05 pm » Comments (0)

Paracaidismo is the sport of sky-diving. You use a paracaídas, or parachute. Etymologically paracaídas and parachute are exactly the same word. The para- is “to protect against” and -caídas or -chute mean the same thing, “a fall.”