This is something that has literally been on my mind for a few days. Dolor de cabeza is a headache. Migraña is also a commonly used word meaning migraine. A word I have never heard used but have seen on subtitles is jaqueca. This is another word for migraine.

I am talking about the noun dado, not the past participle of dar nor the adjective, meaning a given item. Dado as a noun is a “catch all” word. It is used for many small items. Most notably dice. Dado is the word used for sockets, as in ratchet and socket. I don’t know what […]

My little girl is a red head and as such she suffers from what many other redheads do, freckles. She is very fair skinned so her freckles really stand out. The other day a friend who we have known a while noticed her freckles and commented on them. The Mexicans who we know have freckles […]

When I first saw damnificados I was shocked to see it used in a newspaper headline. I immediately thought of our similar looking English word. Imagine my surprise when I looked up the word to find out it simply means victims. Particularly the newspaper was telling about victims of a hurricane. Every use of the […]

Previously I had posted the word capacitar. Usually the person who is doing the capacitación is called an asesor. The word means an adviser, but when they are capacitando someone, they could be called a trainer. I hear this word used more in one on one situations where one person is being trained for a […]

This last week there was a drug related assassination in town. This was carried out by sicarios, or hired assassins. The police arrived after being tipped off that something odd was going on. Unfortunately, they were not able to get there before the hit men had done their work. However, they did arrive before the […]

What disappears when you stand up? Regazo or lap. I am sure that is one of those words they taught us in school. But I heard it this weekend and it was new for me. Now if I can just remember it when I need to use it. Fortunately, I have been living in a […]