Saturday, August 15, 2009

Words that sound like gringo fabrications but are actually legitimate Spanish

Hermanar - (hermano - brother) to unite, twin (American friends "created" this verb unknowingly to mean, "to bro around", as in "be fratty"

solucionar - to solve

guitarrear - to play the guitar

posibilitar - to make possible

secretear - to whisper/ make a secret

dificultar - to make difficult

telefonear - to telephone/ call

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