The word decepcionar has always seemed to not quite be the word I want. It is the word that is often used to translate disappoint. The word seems like it should be deceive, not disappoint. But, it does mean to disappoint.
This is also a transitive verb. Therefore it needs an object. You cannot say mi amiga decepcionó, my friend disappointed. You have to say who or what was disappointed. Mi amiga me decepcionó. My friend disappointed me.
These are 3 words that I see and hear a lot but don’t use much. Mostly because I can’t keep them straight.
Aun means even or still. Te daré 100 pesos, y aun 200, si los necesitas. I will give you 100 pesos, and even 200, if you need them.
Aún means yet or still. Aún estamos aquÃ. We are still here.
Aunque is although or even though. Yo comà la vainilla aunque me gusta el chocolate. I ate the vanilla although (even though) I like chocolate.
Tonight we went Christmas caroling. One of the songs says “henchidos de amor.” The word henchir is to fill up or to stuff, inflate. This phrase is in the song O Come, All Ye Faithful or Venid, Fieles Todos.
I don’t know if the usage would be a physical swelling of something or just figurative. In this song it is figurative saying that the faithful going to see the baby Jesus are stuffed with love. Would the same word be used when my knee swells up after an injury?
Interestingly, there is a word hinchar. It seems to mean the same thing.
Afán has been an interesting word to pin down. It means toil, effort, desire or labor. For the most part I have seen afán used positively. Though you are talking about toil or work it is in an area that you truly enjoy. For example, one may work for a non-profit organization and not make much money, but consider it a joy to labor in that environment because the satisfaction makes up where the money lacks.
Occasionally it can be a synonym of preocupar or, to worry. Jesus told His disciples to “take no thought for the morrow.” That idea of taking no thought is rendered in the Spanish Bible with the word afanar. Whether it is a labor of love or an insignificant toil Jesus was telling His close friends that they should not expend any effort to worry about the next day.
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 the ratchet is called though.
ImpÃo is a word that I see in the Bible all the time. It is used to mean wicked. It has the flavor of just being a Bible word. Sometimes I have noticed words which are used in the Bible, but don’t get used much in every day speech. Last night as I watched a TV show and read the open captioning underneath, I saw the word impÃo used. There it was used to render the word godless.
