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 for residence.
Morada is […]

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 the […]