Matriz means womb or uterus. It is also the word matrix in English. But the oddest use of the word that I have seen is when it refers to a company, or main office. When referring to a company it would be the parent company, or more specifically the mother company of a business.

Today I took my son to a class at one of the local sports complexes. It is a class that we have to pay a fee for. They have a computer system that they keep their records in. But, typically, the lady working the computer only knows how to do the six steps that has […]

Some words one can just look at and guess approximately what it is, not with these. Escoba is a broom. Barrer is what you do with a broom, to sweep.

Promedio is the average or middle of something. While there is nothing too exciting about the noun promedio, I thought it was interesting to find there was a verb, promediar. It means to divide in two or to mediate.

One of the things that make the Internet useful is that it has vínculos. A vínculo is a link from one website to another. It is what bonds or ties the two pages to one another. Like many words on the web, it is not web specific. It is used when trying to make a […]

Cosquillas means tickle. Dar cosquillas is to tickle. I remember cosquillas by relating it to costillas, ribs. Dar cosquillas a las costillas.

In a country where the vast majority of the construction is blocks and concrete, there is a great need for albañiles. An albañil is a mason or bricklayer. It is a very basic job that does not pay much. But just because everyone can do the work of an albañil does not mean everyone does […]