I first learned that chalk was tiza when I was in Peru. Here in Mexico we use the word gis to mean chalk. Both of these refer to the stick of chalk you write with. If you are talking about the substance that gis or tiza is made from, it is called creta or caliza.

Apparently gis is uniquely Mexican.

On a bottle of cleaner I saw the word mugre. I knew it had to be something related to filth. I think the best definitions of mugre would be grime, gunk or muck. One dictionary I read said it was greasy filth.

We had a pipe break in the street in front of our house recently. While trying to figure out who to call  we found the phrase fuga de agua. Literally it means a flight of water but is used to refer to water escaping accidently.

It seems that the word inalámbrico is popping up everywhere. At all our city parks one can get internet inalámbrico or wireless internet. It is also used to refer to cordless phones.

Alambre is wire, therefore inalambre is without wire.

Constipado probably does not mean what you immediately think. It is to have a cold or a stuffy nose.

Estreñimiento means to be constipated.

Instead of a word today, I wanted to share another resource that I found on the net. At Colloquial Spanish the author teaches meanings for idiomatic expressions. I spent quite a bit of time reading there today and look forward to reading the site in the future. When you come to Discover Spanish With Us, take just a couple more minutes and jump over to read Colloquial Spanish.

The strict definition of the word periférico is that it has to do with the periphery, or outlying area of an object or location.

It is commonly used here in Mexico to mean the highway loop around the city. Also sometimes called el anillo periferico–the periphery ring.