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.

The Stu behind the Phone

This is me and an IRL caller, Caroline at Faris' Plannerz Drinkz last night in the Commercial Tavern.

I've just reviewed this, and it is a fucking terrible photo of both of us. Still, the only one I've got.

Así es la vida eh?

Maquinilla

This is like a pretty cute word yeah?

It means kinda little machine. '-illa', as I understand it is a sort of cutsie diminutive suffix. Máquina is the word for machine, so I'm sure you can see what's happening here.

Look forward to UR CALLZ.

Llama

I stumbled across this one, can't remember how as it's a word that I didn't hear in 18 months speaking Spanish.

It means flame, which is strange, because it means, well, Llama in English and, indeed, in Spanish.

It is also the 3rd Person Singular of the verb Llamar - To call.

Incidentally, this is the second word in a row to not have a Latin or Greek root, it comes from the Quechua, llama, which I'd guess also means Llama.

Llama?

Oh, and it's just struck me that the verb 'to call' might hail from 'calling your sheep' or other animals...maybe (?).

Azahar

Lovely. I'll move away from the poetic words tomorrow I think, but in the meantime this means orange or lemon blosssom.

It derives from Arabic, as supposed to the normal Latin/Greek rooted words from the Romance languages.

ñoño

This is a lovely word. It can be used to describe someone who's a bit of a twit.

Sorry this was so late, I've been asleep as I had a nasty headache.

Calls accepted any time.

Vergel

Good Morning,

This Spanish word means a flower or a fruit garden, I supposed the equivalent in English is some sort of secret garden or small orchard. I really like it.

Anyway, give me a bell if you want to hear it.