Empero means nevertheless. It was not an easy word to find in dictionaries. A good, more commonly used synonym, is sin embargo.

Sinsabor is a descriptive term for something that is without taste or pleasure. I presume it can be used to talk about food, but the usage I have heard has been when talking about the discomforts or displeasures of life. Troubles or problems that people struggle with.

The place to park your car is the estacionamiento. It is the noun for a parking lot or a parking space. The verb is reflexive and is estacionarse. One of the worst “spanglish” words I have heard is parquear meaning to park. I suppose out of all the bad combinations of English and Spanish I [...]

Along with the word muelle being used to mean pier or jetty, the word malecón can also mean the same thing. But when I have heard malecón used it refers to a sea wall, or breakers at a beach.

When taking a trip on a horrible road we broke the muelles on our trailer. Those are the leaf springs that hold the trailer off the axle. Interestingly there were several shops which repaired muelles right through that section of highway. Muelle is also a pier or a dock for boats.