Heather Broster
Heather is a graduate in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario and an aspiring polyglot. Her primary focus lies in the fields of language acquisition, education, and bilingual instruction. When she isn’t studying languages, she enjoys the great outdoors, exercising and spending time with her young son.
When you look out your ventana (window) in the morning, what do you see? Do you see other casas (houses)? Or perhaps the montañas (mountains)? Some lucky people may even catch a glimpse of el mar (the sea). Latin American Pronunciation European Pronunciation Ventana is a feminine noun that comes from from the Vulgar Latin …
Peppa Pig is one of my son’s favourite TV shows, and anyone who watches it, even casually, knows her favorite pastime – jumping in muddy puddles! A puddle in Spanish is known as a charco. Latin American Pronunciation European Pronunciation The etymology of this word is uncertain. Many consider it to be imitative, or a …
Today’s Spanish word might not be the most thrilling, but it’s definitely practical, considering it’s a household item we rely on nearly every day! Latin American Pronunciation European Pronunciation Vacuum cleaner in Spanish is known as an aspiradora. It is the combination of the verb aspirar (to inhale) and the noun-forming suffix -dora. Aspiradora is …
The word for lake in Spanish in lago, which derives from the Latin lacum of the same meaning. Latin American Pronunciation European Pronunciation Lago is a masculine noun whose plural form in lagos. It takes the following definite and indefinite articles: The largest freshwater lakes (lagos de agua dulce) in the world are los Grandes Lagos, or the Great Lakes, located along …
The Spanish word for boat or ship, which is barco, is derived from the Latin term barca. Latin American Pronunciation European Pronunciation Barco is a masculine noun, so it takes the following definite and indefinite articles: If you want to specify that you are travelling by boat, by ship or by sea (the last of which implies …
The Spanish word for music is the similar sounding música, with an accent above the letter u. Both the English and Spanish words can be traced back to the Greek mousikē (tekhnē) which means (art) of the Muses. Latin American Pronunciation European Pronunciation Similar to the English word, música is used not only to refer to the combination of melodic vocals …