Spanish in Cabo

  Hello friends. In the 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week we are going to reflect on some uses of a verb that is very common in the kitchen, but that is also used in many other contexts and is applied in everyday sayings.   It is the verb: ECHAR   We say, for example, “ le voy a echar un poco más de agua al caldo” or “echo sal a la comida”. I'm going to add a little more water to the broth or add salt to the food. We could say I “vierto” or “agrego”, pour or add, too. Pour and add are synonyms for the verb “echar” In this case the translation is throw, add or pour.   The first complication of this verb is that “ echar ” does not take an “ h ” and in fact, the participle of the verb hacer carries an h. In other words, "Hecho en China" : (Made in China) has an “h” and “ Echo esto a la basura ” I throw this away, no. They are pronounced the same, but not written the same. This is a problem for everyone, not only for students of Spani...

What`s up friends?   In the 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week we are going to reflect on the verb "valer" and how we use it in everyday life.   Valer means to have value or a certain value, to be valid for something.   In English it is translated as "to be worth".   How much is this house worth? This is the same as asking how much it costs, you are interested in the value, in the price. We usually use it to talk about equivalencies: Sandwiches are worth the same as soda.   More philosophically: How much is health worth? And this one, it's priceless.   Related to this verb we have many words and some are cognates   Let's see some:   Avalar- (to confirm the veracity of something) To get a loan from a bank you need a guarantee or collateral.   Avaluar (to price something, to appraise) If you want to know the value of your house you need an appraisal.   Devaluar- to devalue or to dev...

Escucha aquí Hey, Hi. Thank you very much for listening to the 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week. Let's talk about cooking vocabulary, it's not very intellectual, but actually cooking and eating is something we do every day, at least one of the two actions. When do we eat? Uh, actually, all day, we shouldn't eat so much. In the morning we have breakfast. How do you form the word breakfast? The prefix "des" means denial, not fasting. We break the healthy fast we have during the night, about 10 hours. It's the same in English: breakfast, break fast. How is breakfast in the Latin world? In Mexico, breakfast is abundant, just like in the rest of North America. In other Latin American countries breakfast is coffee with milk, toast or bread and a fruit juice, it is the same as in Spain. And at noon? It is the main meal of the day; it is called lunch in Mexico. In South America and in Spain, lunch. Lunch is...