Though the word andar is most often translated to walk, I was taught that the word carried with it quite a bit more meaning. My language teacher said that instead of thinking of a strict translation, it should be considered roughly to mean to go about. One could go about by foot, by bicycle or […]

Looking at the parts of Spanish words does not always work to help decipher their meanings as in the case of the word prejuicio. Take the words ocupar and preocupar, for instance. Ocupar is to be busy or occupied with something, a task perhaps. But preocupar does not mean to be pre- busy or occupied […]

This word is the word to discover in English. It has a direct correlation to the English word and meaning. But, whereas the English word is used almost exclusively to mean find, in Spanish it can also mean to uncover. This could be a usage of the word in English as well, but it would […]