Spanish Language Weekly Newsletter - Tuesday, July 29, 2014

Spanish Language newsletter

Top new questions this week: De donde se origina la expresion "echar aguas"? En programas de television, y recientemente al interactuar con la gente en mi viaje a Mexico, vi que la expresión de "echar aguas" es muy popular, al parecer solo en la cultura mexicana. De donde se … etimologia mexico   asked by user96872 4 votes answered by Emilio Gort 2 votes Cuándo se usa "libertar", y cuando "liberar"? Qué diferencias hay entre las dos palabras? Cuándo es mas apropiado usar "liberar" o "libertar"? Qué diferencias hay entre las dos? Connotan algo distinto? Por ejemplo, Él los libertó de la esclavitud [o] Él los liberó de la esclavitud ? … definiciones diferencias-regionales verbos etimologia   asked by user96872 2 votes answered by AlexBcn 1 vote Is "número" masculine or feminine? English: Consider this sentence "Mi habitación es la número cinco." Why couldn't "número" be masculine as in "el número cinco"? Does it have something to do with the gender of "habitación"? I'm … genero   asked by gnarlybracket 2 votes answered by guifa 6 votes Why SADAIC and not SADAYC? Lo siento, yo no hablo español. The name of this organisation is Sociedad Argentina de Autores y Compositores de Música. So why the acronym SADAIC and not SADAYC ?? Thank you. abreviaturas argentina   asked by Nicolas Barbulesco 2 votes answered by guifa 0 votes How should I pronounce the Spanish consonant 'd'? I was taught Spanish d has two pronounciations, when at the beginning of the word it is a hard d and when between vowels, it is pronounced /ð/ much like th in English the. Please look at this … pronunciacion   asked by gus 1 vote answered by guifa 4 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: What does the slang "cerote" mean? I know this is a slang expression from Central American people. I don't remember the context but it was something like: Eres un cerote! (from a pretty angry girl) I'm pretty sure it doesn't mean … jerga definiciones   asked by César 9 votes answered by jrdioko 8 votes How would you translate the word "badass" to Spanish? I was thinking maybe of "cabrón" or "chingon" ; however I think those two sound too Mexican specific. Does anybody know a better and less region specific equivalent? traduccion seleccion-de-palabras uso-de-palabras modismos   asked by darkajax 8 votes answered by Fran 7 votes

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