Wednesday 25 April 2007

aguacate



From wikipedia:

The word avocado comes from the Spanish word aguacate, which derives in turn from the Nahuatl (Aztec) word, ahuacatl, meaning "testicle", because of its shape. In some countries of South America such as Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Peru, and Uruguay, the avocado is known by its Quechua name, palta. In other Spanish-speaking countries it is called aguacate, and in Portuguese it is abacate. The name "avocado pear" is sometimes used in English, as is alligator pear and "butter pear." The Nahuatl ahuacatl can be compounded with other words, as in ahuacamolli, meaning "avocado soup or sauce", from which the Mexican Spanish word guacamole derives.

I want to move to Mexico.

hallazgo

I just learnt this. I like it a lot.

It means 'discovery' or 'find'

¡quĂ© hallazgo! means 'what a find!'

How cute.

Let's voiceterface.

Monday 23 April 2007

Brezal

This is one that for some reason I've been saying quite a lot over the past two weekends, having spent them in sight of Hampstead Heath. It's a lovely word in English and a lovely word in Spanish too.

Heath.

Brezal.

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brezal is a wikipedia article which is possibly the most difficult thing to read I've ever seen as a non-native speaker.

Many thanks to faris for another great beersphere.