Cosquillas means tickle. Dar cosquillas is to tickle. I remember cosquillas by relating it to costillas, ribs. Dar cosquillas a las costillas.

These are 3 words that I see and hear a lot but don’t use much. Mostly because I can’t keep them straight. Aun means even or still. Te daré 100 pesos, y aun 200, si los necesitas. I will give you 100 pesos, and even 200, if you need them. Aún means yet or still. [...]

To train someone for a position is capacitar. You can easily see the English word capacitate in the Spanish version. We just don’t use capacitate enough for that word to be the first one we think of when looking for the word train. You can also use it to equip someone for service. There is [...]

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 [...]

If you are more than a 3rd day student of Spanish, you certainly know that papel is the word for paper. But it also has another meaning that is quite interesting. It means role, as in, to play a role. Someone’s part in a play or set of actions is their papel. I think of [...]