In English we use the term United Nations (UN), in Spanish it is Naciones Unidas (NU). The O comes from the full title: La Organizacion de las Naciones Unidas.

Aventura can be an adventure or a love affair. This week we are traveling from the Texas border of Mexico down to the Yucatan peninsula. It is a trip of about 1300 miles. We always consider these trips to be an adventure. There is a whole lot more to it than just driving the car […]

Langosta can be lobster or locust. The dictionary distinguishes the two as langosta de mar or langosta de tierra. Many times you will hear just the word and have to figure out which is meant. That is normally not a problem. I knew that langosta was the word for lobster. The way I found out […]

Fondo is a word that has many meanings in English. It depends on how it is used as to how it is translated. Fondos can mean funds, as in financial funds. It can mean background, such as background music or a set for a video or stage production. Fondos can be the core or essence […]

Food words are always interesting to me. Sometimes they are similar enough that you can figure out what they are. Take the words espagueti and albóndiga for example. Espagueti is what it sounds like spaghetti. A dish which is very popular in the area where we live in Mexico. Albóndiga is not as easy to […]

I have always thought the word gafete meant a name tag or ID badge. I was surprised to find out that it apparently is a word specific to Mexico and there is not a real consensus as to what the word is actually referring. Possibilities are the clip that holds the name badge on. Also […]

Cubierto is an adjective which means covered or filled. While there are different usages of the word cubierto, the one I find most interesting is the meaning of a place setting of silverware. When asking for silverware at a restaurant you ask for cubiertos. It means cutlery.