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Saturday, May 23, 2026

Spanish words for writing, reading, printing, communicating

  

Countries where Spain is an official language.


Spanish - English

arreglar - to fix

candidato - candidate

capitulo - chapter (not capital letters)

chatear - to chat

comunicar - to communicate

conciertos - concerts

en persona - in person

escritor - writer (like the words scribe, and script and manuscript)

firmar - to sign (confirm)

gol - goal

grupo(s) - group(s)

historia - history

libro - book

novel - novel

politica - political

problema - problem

vegano - vegan


English - Spanish

book - libro

chapter - capitulo

to sign - firmar

You fill in the rest.

Useful Websites for translating and learning Spanish

duolingo.com

translate google

wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook

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Friday, May 22, 2026

Spanish words for the weekend

 

Countries where Spain is an official language.


Spanish - English

antes - before (like a.m. which is Latin for before mid-day)

un buen fin de semana - a good weekend

cable - cable

celular - cellphone

chatear - to chat

contactar - to contact

creativo - creative

en mi casa - in my home

fin de semana - weekend

enorme - huge / enormous

momento - moment

salud - cheers

volver - to come back (like revolve)


English - Spanish

before - antes

cable - cable (pronounced car-blay)

to chat - chatear

cheers - salud

creative - creativo

to come back - volver

cellphone/mobile - celular

to contact - contactar

huge / enormous / huge - enorme

moment - momento

weekend - fin de semana  (finish of the week, similar to French semaine for week, but the French say bon weekend)/ a good weekend - un buen fin de semana (like the English words final and finish)


Useful Websites for translating and learning Spanish

duolingo.com

in my home - en mi casa

translate google

wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook

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Simple Spanish technical words are similar and easier - a dozen useful words and phrases

 

Countries where Spain is an official language.


Spanish - English

(la) clinica - (the) clinic

en - on

formularios - forms

instaler -  to instal

internet - internet

juegos de video - video games

mi - my

programa - program (plural los programas)

tableta - tablet

pagina web (upward accent for emphasis on the first a) - web page. The adjective comes after the noun usually in Spanish.

video - video

videojuego - videogame


English - Spanish

clinic - clinica

forms - formularios

instal - instaler

internet - internet

my - mi

on - en

program / s - programa / los programas

tablet - tableta

video - video

videogame - videojuego

web page - pagina web

Useful Websites for translating and learning Spanish

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translate google

wikivoyage Spanish phrasebook

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Thursday, May 21, 2026

Zulu hat and click language

 

This delightful orange hat is Zulu.

The Zulu language is also known as the click language. It was spoken by Mandela.
I met this lady at the London Wine Fair
The show had a stand for South African wines.





Wednesday, May 20, 2026

How AI can help you and your business.

 Use a dictation machine to type because it is quicker than typing.

Compare this year's sales with last year.

Use AI to do basic tasks.

One of many sessions at the London Wine Fair, a trade show.






Prosecco from Veneto

 One hour north of Venice is the Prosecco region.



 in the north east of Italy is the region producing Prosecco. Not just in the place called Prosecco. Prosecco was originally both a place and a grape?




Rive means ridge in dialect.

Recycled leather from Ghana brand attto tetteh

 



He imports to the UK African artisan products.