A lady came to see the doctor today and complained of hinchazón in her legs. They were swollen. The verb is hincharse.

When giving directions to someone, derecha is right and derecho is straight. When talking about personal or legal rights, derechos is the correct word.

I was talking with a friend who grew up in Argentina. She told me that there were quite a few gypsies there. She told me this in English and I never really thought what the word for gypsy would be in Spanish. Tonight on a TV show I saw the word gitano used for gypsy. […]

Hipoteca is a mortgage. I have not been able to figure out what the root words for hipoteca means, but mortgage means ‘dead pledge.’ Hipoteca is similar to the word used in many other languages.

Did you know there are different names for the inside and outside of a corner? The outside of a corner is called la esquina. The inside of a corner is called el rincón. We have several restaurants here in town that have the word rincón in there name.

Literally the word deshuesadero means a de-boner (i.e.: someone who fillets chickens or fish). The common usage for the word is a junk yard, or used car parts dealer.

This time of year the viveros are very busy. A vivero is a plant nursery.