[2023-09-05] Spice Up Your Spanish with Some Fun New Words!

escuchar

'Escuchar' is used for the action of paying attention to sounds or hearing something.

Here's how to use it:

• Vamos a escuchar al maestro.
• Sacó sus audífonos para escuchar el ruido.
• Necesito escuchar lo que dices.

piña

The pineapple is a tropical plant with an edible fruit and the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae. It is a multiple fruit, composed of coalesced berries, also called 'pineapples'.

Here's how to use it:

• Me gusta el jugo de piña.
• ¿Tienes una piña para la ensalada?
• La tarta de piña es deliciosa.

cine

'Cine' is a term that broadly refers to the art of making movies, the movie industry itself, and also the place where movies are shown, also known as a 'movie theater'.

Here's how to use it:

• Me gusta ver películas en el cine.
• Compré boletos para el cine.
• Quiero ir al cine.

uva

A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus Vitis. They can be eaten fresh or they can be used for making wine, jam, juice, jelly, grape seed extract, raisins, vinegar, and grape seed oil.

Here's how to use it:

• Voy a comprar uvas en el mercado.
• La uva es morada.
• Recojo uvas del suelo.

a menudo

This one denotes frequented actions. It devoted the high rate of occurrence but it doesn't specify or must be regular like 'siempre'.

Here's how to use it:

• A menudo vamos al cine los fines de semana.
• A menudo llueve por la tarde.
• Ellos a menudo llegan tarde al trabajo.

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Mike from LangBites

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