Apparently the word relicario is not often used, but I did see it on a TV show tonight. The way relicario was used was as a locket. Something that you would store a relic in. The other word that is commonly translated for locket is medallón. I have a dictionary that is unique in that […]

We had the sink fall off our wall in the bathroom the other day. When talking to a plumber today I had to remember the word for sink is lavabo. Lavabo is not a word I use regularly. This seems like a word that can be very different from one country to another. What other […]

Technically a tumbaburros is a large bumper that would be used to knock donkeys out of the way when driving. Sometimes called a cattle guard bumper for protecting your grill if you happen to hit a large animal. But that is not what is being referred to when a Mexican talks about a tumbaburros. They […]

While you probably know that mapa is a map, did you know that the word plano is also a map? And, that they are both masculine words? Plano means a plan or a layout of something.

Silbar is to whistle, to make a noise with your mouth when you pucker and blow. Silbo is the noun, whistle, the actual noise. A silbato is a whistle. An instrument used to produce a whistling noise.

Aula is a classroom. Also the words salón and clase are used. But clase is used more to mean the people, not the classroom. On the university level aula is used to mean a hall, as in a lecture hall.

Sangre, as you probably know, is blood. It is the noun form. The verb is sangrar, to bleed. Bleeding, the gerund, is sangrando. And the adjective bloody is sangriento.