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(side blog) hello i am learning spanish and want to try to make vocabulary lists that will be helpful to me + you! main langblr: quebekwa

[bilingualgal]

Spanish rock music playlist

Most of these bands are from Argentina but I think there might be a few from Uruguay. Anyways enjoy because all of them are amazing if you don’t have the willingness to listen to all of them right now, at least listen to my favorite ones because those are extremely amazing, I’ll mark them with this (F).

1.       Me gustas mucho – Viejas Locas

2.       La flor más bella – Memphis La Blusera

3.       Campanas en la noche – Los tipitos

4.       En la ciudad de la furia – Soda Stereo

5.       De música ligera – Soda Stereo (F)

6.       Canción de cuna – Los piojos or Ciro y los persas1 (F)

7.       Prohibido – Callejeros 2 (F)

8.       Profugos – Soda Stereo

9.       Madrugada – La Beriso

10.   9 de julio – Callejeros (F)

11.   Una nueva noche fría – Callejeros

12.   Balada del diablo y la muerte – La renga (F)

13.   Mil horas – Los abuelos de la nada

14.   Amor de verano – Airbag

15.   Arde la ciudad – La mancha de rolando

16.   Ruta 66 – Pappo, Pappo’s Blues

17.   Juntos a la par – Pappo

18.   Sigue girando – Ratones paranoicos

19.   Personalmente – Las pelotas

20.   La razón que te demora – La renga

21.   Como Ali – Los piojos or Ciro y los persas

22.   La bestia pop – Patricios Rey y sus redonditos de ricota

23.   Ji Ji Ji – Patricio Rey y sus redonditos de ricota

24.   Crimen – Gustavo Cerati

25.   ¿Qué ves? – Divididos

26.   Verano del 92 – Los piojos

27.   Avanti Morocha – Los caballeros de la quema

28.   Ese maldito momento – No te va a gustar

29.   Descontrolado – Jóvenes pordioseros

30.   Solo voy – La 25

31.   Mujer amante – Rata blanca

32.   Lamento boliviano – Los enanitos verdes

33.   Rock del gato – Ratones paranoicos

34.   Aire – Estelares

35.   El revelde – La renga (F)

I had to physically stop myself from adding more songs, there are too many amazing rock songs from Argentina (and Uruguay), maybe I’ll do a second part of rock songs, I don’t know.

Los piojos or Ciro y los persas1= You can google it either way, the thing is Los Piojos splitted and the singer of the band did some old songs with his new band

Prohibido – Callejeros2= I’m clarifying this for anyone who’s Spanish is not that good yet, in a part of the song they say homosexuality is a bad word and is not something normal people do, along with a lot of stereotypes from the decade, what the song does is criticize that kind of thoughts that’s why later on the song it says “I don’t listen and I keep going, because a lot of the things that are “forbidden” make me happy” just in case your brain goes all what the fuck when you listen that line, the song is against narrow minded and conservative thoughts.

Now that I said everything, enjoy!!

[spanishlandia]

a fun thing you can say in spanish when someone sneezes more than once is, after you’ve said salud (literally means “health” ≈ bless you), go and say dinero (money) and amor (love) for the second and third time, and you will have wished them all the best

[hermionerd-studies]

So here is yet another post about Spanish that I hope you all langblrs will like. I present to you 10 words that exist in Spanish but don’t exist in English.

Knowing and using them in your vocabulary shows how fluent you actually are so hopefully this will help you.

1. Chueco/a: 

This can be roughly be translated as “not straight” BUT NOT IN THE SEXUAL ORIENTATION KIND OF WAY. It literally means not being able to do something in a straight line. 

For example: Not able to draw a straight line? You draw chueco/a. Tried kicking a soccer ball in a straight line but it ended up in the far left side of the court? You kick chueco/a.

2. Empalagado/a: 

This is what happens when you eat too much sugar. 

For example: You know that feeling of nausea and awkward fullness after you have eaten like five cupcakes, two chocolate bars and three bottles of soda? THEN is when you feel empalagado/a.

3. Despistado/a: 

So I Google-translated this word and it came out as “lackadaisical”. I don’t think anyone actually uses that word. SO, it means someone who doesn’t pay attention to anything and daydreams most of the time. It is not a permanent feature tho, you can be despistado/a just during your math class. 

For example: If someone asks you a question and you don’t answer because you were too busy thinking about Zac Efron, then you are despistado/a.

4. Tocayo/a: 

It refers to someone who shares name with you. 

For example: Let’s imagine your name is Hermione and suddenly you meet someone whose name is ALSO Hermione. Voilá! That person is now your tocayo/a.

5. Buen provecho: This is not a word but a phrase. It means something like “have a good meal”, it is kinda close to saying “bon appettit” in French. It is frequently used before you start a meal but also as a sign of respect when you run into someone who is currently eating. Also, it is not a phrase used only for “fancy” situations, it actually works whenever someone is eating. 

For example: If you are eating at a restaurant with a group, you say buen provecho before you start eating, but also let’s imagine you are walking around the city and see your boss eating tacos from a food truck, then you also say buen provecho. Freaking good manners.

6. Desgraciado/a: Oh this is a funny one. You might think, at first sight, that this word refers to someone who is not very graceful. WRONG. If you Google-translate the word, it may drive you to think it means “unfortunate”. ALSO WRONG. This is what you call someone who has been a jerk. Someone who didn’t treat you right. Like honestly, someone you really hate. 

For example: Your boyfriend just dumped you on your birthday? He is a desgraciado. Your group-project colleague disappeared during the whole process and just showed up to put her name on the project? She is a desgraciada. It is such a powerful word, I love it.

7. Llorón/Llorona: It refers to someone who cries A LOT. It doesn’t necessarily mean someone who cries but also someone who is very sensitive and gets sad about a lot of things, especially if those things aren’t really important. 

For example: Your sister just cried because she saw a very cute dog? She is a llorona. Your best friend just got VERY upset because he got a 99/100 on a test? He is a llorón (das me tho).

8. Te quiero: This is probably one of the phrases native Spanish speakers miss the most when they start speaking English. This is what you say to someone (and by someone it means a romantic partner most of the time) when you start getting feelings for them but you don’t love them just yet. If you did love them tho you would say “te amo”.  

For example: You have been dating someone for a while now and you know they are amazing but you are not in the “love” point just yet, then you say te quiero to them. No commitment, you guys.

9. Desvelado/a: It refers to someone that hasn’t slept for a while. 

For example: When you pull an all-nighter and show up to class late, with huge bags under your eyes and basically just feeling like a living-dead, you are desvelado/a.

10. Lampiño/a: It literally refers to someone that doesn’t have facial/body hair. 

For example: If you are trying to grow a beard but just can’t seem to grow any hair on your face you are a lampiño/a. Also, if you do not have to shave your legs at all for the summer because you have been blessed with the lack of body hair, then you are lampiño/a.

[langsandculture]

Boost your Spanish with more complex synonyms for words you already know

Here you have some words/expressions (in bold) that you can use to show off while speaking Spanish. A native will know them, but if you use these you will impress them. Also, in your writings these words will look quite good. NOTE: Some of them are quite formal and not used in conversations.

similar - semejante, afín, cercano, aproximado, símil, parecido (adj.) (similar)

parecerse - asemejarse, semejar, darse un aire, recordar a (to resemble)

divertido - ameno, entretenido (adj.) (fun)

difícil - peliagudo, arduo, espinoso (adj.) (difficult)

fácil - sencillo, factible (adj.) (easy)

empezar - emprender (to begin)

terminar - concluir, ultimar, finiquitar (to finish)

la misión -  la empresa, el cometido, la tarea, la labor, el quehacer  (mission, duty)

caro - costoso, prohibitivo (adj.) (expensive)

barato - asequible, económico (adj.) (cheap)

distraer, desentender, simular - hacerse el sueco (expression, lit.

to do the Swedish. To avoid doing something that you must do)

enfermo - aquejado, indispuesto, alicaído (adj.) (sick, ill)

la historia - el cuento, la leyenda, la fábula (story, tale)

el cotilleo - chisme, chismorreo, enredo (gossip)

aprender - cultivarse, formarse, educarse, empollar (to learn)

gustar - cautivar, embelesar (to like)

saber - estar al corriente, estar al tanto (to know about something)

siempre - perpetuamente, constantemente, continuamente (always)

malo - diabólico, maléfico, maldito, ruin, infame, sinvergüenza, insolente, maligno, malicioso, depravado, inmoral, pérfido (adj.) (bad, as in “a bad person”)

malo - nocivo, dañino, perjudicial, nefasto (adj.) (bad)

comprar - adquirir, obtener (to buy)

la tienda -el comercio, el establecimiento, el negocio, la botica (shop)

continuar -prorrogar, prolongar, preservar, aguantar, proseguir (to continue)

buscar - indagar, rebuscar, escudriñar, revolver (to search)

contestar - objetar, contradecir, rebatir, refutar, rechazar, disputar, discutir, argüir (to reply, as in refute)

abandonar - marcharse, desaparecer, largarse, ausentarse (to abandon, as in “to leave a place”)

feliz - radiante, contento, risueño, campante (adj.) (happy)

triste - afligido, apenado, desconsolado, abatido, entristecido, apesumbrado, desolado, deshecho, desamparado, mustio, taciturno, tristón (adj.) - sad

antipático - desagradable, enojoso, aguafiestas, pesado (adj.) (obnoxious)

la ciudad - la urbe, la localidad, el municipio, la población

 (city)

el país - la nación, la patria, el pueblo, el estado (country)

la familia - la estirpe, el linaje (family)

los padres - los progenitores, los ascendientes, los antecesores (parents)

la casa - el domicilio, la vivienda, la residencia, la morada, el inmueble, la edificación (house)

[sciogli-lingua]

My favorite Spanish words

tararear (verb) - to hum

(el) rocío (n.) - dew

(el) cobijo (n.) - shelter, refuge

(la) posta (colloquial Ar., used as n., adj. or adv.) - “the real deal”, the truth, real, honestly

patidifuso/a (adj.) - dumbfounded, taken aback

(el/la) trotamundos (n. or adj.) - globetrotter

madrugar (verb) - to get up early

(el) mamarracho (n.) - mess, something badly made

perspicaz (adj.) - perceptive, sharp

ningunear (verb) - to look down on, to treat someone like dirt

[spanishwordoftheday]

Aguantavelas

noun (masculine) (slang)

literally translating as “the candle holder” and conjuring an image of someone silently holding a candle to light a couple’s romantic dinner, “un aguantavelas” is a third wheel or spare part (romantically speaking).

Qué pobre este tío, siempre es el aguantavelas.  That poor guy, he’s always the third wheel. 

[rocionio]

cute things // cosas adorables

teddy bear - osito de peluche (m.)

angel - ángel (m.)

bee - abeja (f.)

butterfly - mariposa (f.)

dew - rocío (m.)

pond - balsa (f.) / estanque (m.)

kitten - gatito / gatita

orchard - huerto (m.)

snowfall - nevada (f.)

field - campo (m.)

mist - neblina (f.)

teacup - taza de té (f.)

dusty book - libro polvoriento (m.)

duckling - patito / patita

cotton - algodón (m.)

hug - abrazo (m.)

bouquet - ramo (m.)

enchanted - encantado

ethereal - etéreo

shimmering - reluciente

sweet - dulce

to cuddle - abrazarse

to blossom - florecer

to daydream - soñar despierto

to caress - acariciar

to hum - tararear

to whisper - susurrar

to giggle - reírse