Spanish words of the week: gira or giro?
Our tour through the commonest meanings of similar-looking nouns that differ in ending, gender and usage turns to gira (feminine) and giro (masculine).
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Spanish words of the week: resto or resta?
Today we’ll be examining the commonest meanings of two more similar-looking Spanish nouns with different genders, endings and the rest: these are resto (masculine) and resta (feminine).
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Spanish words of the week: cuchillo or cuchilla?
Our task today is to cut through the meanings of two more similar-looking Spanish nouns with different genders, endings and usage: these are cuchillo (masculine) and cuchilla (feminine).
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Spanish words of the week: palo or pala?
No getting the wrong end of the stick with Spanish nouns palo (masculine) and pala (feminine) as we continue our series looking at the commonest meanings of potentially confusable words.
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Spanish words of the week: gorro or gorra?
A new year brings a new opportunity to uncover the meanings of two superficially similar Spanish nouns that mean slightly different things. This week’s words are gorro (masculine) and gorra (feminine).
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Spanish words of the week: plaza or plazo?
Here is another instalment in our series on pairs of Spanish nouns that, while similar in form, have very different meanings. This week’s pair are plazo and plaza.
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Spanish words of the week: mota or moto?
Time to brush up your knowledge of the commonest meanings of more nouns that, while similar in form, have very different meanings. This week’s pair are ‘moto’ and ‘mota’.
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Spanish words of the week: cuadro or cuadra?
Our task today is to square up to two more similar-looking Spanish nouns and to identify the commonest uses of each: these are cuadro (masculine) and cuadra (feminine).
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Spanish words of the week: tallo or talla?
Time to get the measure of two more superficially similar Spanish nouns and uncover their different uses: these are tallo (masculine) and talla (feminine).
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