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Spanish Nouns: Taxi,  Sándwich,  Costo,  Adulto,  Reservación,  Agente,  Hotel,  Aeroplano,  Aerolínea,  Distancia

Pronunciation: Tah-xee,  Sahnd-weech,  Kohs-toh, Ah-dool-toh,  Ray-sayr-vah-seeohn,  Ah.hayn-tay,  oh-tayl,  Ahay-roh-plah-noh,  Ahey-roh-lee-naya,  Dees-tahn.seeah

Translation: Taxi,  Sandwich,  Cost,  Adult,  Reservation,  Agent,  Hotel,  Airplane,  Airline,  Distance

Function: Nouns

Intro :

These all are very useful Spanish nouns for the airport that write and sound pretty much the same in English. Also, maybe you noticed that the ending “tion” in “Reservation” gets slightly changed to “ción”. This is a useful thing to remember: Most words ending in “tion” in English end in “ción” in Spanish.

Detail:

You can also see that “Distance” is translated as “Distancia”. The ending “-nce” is often mapped to “-ncia”; as in “assistance” and “asistencia”. You should also keep this in mind, especially while in Latin-America or Spain.

Example:

¿Me puede recomendar un hotel?

Translation:

Can you recommend me a hotel?

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Spanish Word: Se

Pronunciation: Say

Translation: [n/a]

Function: Form

‘Se’ makes easier to construct some Spanish sentences, when the subject is unclear: just begin the sentence with ‘Se’ and use a verb… without a subject, as in ‘Se quemó’ [it burned], while standing before something unknown.

People pretty much use it when they’ve broken something: ’se cayó’ [it fell], instead of [lo tiré] [I let it fell]. Such impersonal form is much more used in Spanish than in English.

Example:

El niño se cayó y se pegó en su cabeza

Translation:

The boy fell and hit his head

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Spanish Word: EE.UU.

Pronunciation: Ay-Oo

Translation: U.S.A.

Function: Usage

You can see the abbreviation ‘EE.UU’ (’Estados Unidos’) every day in Spanish speaking countries newspapers. The letters repetition indicates a plural is being shortened.

The need for this repetition arises from the fact that the word could is also abbreviated in the singular form, so ‘p.’ is the abbreviation of ‘página’ [page]

Example:

pp. 2-4

Translation:

pages 2 through 4

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