Word for the Travel Wise (02/09/07)

You'd think I'd never traveled to a Spanish speaking country in my life the way one of my close pal from Mexico and my strict Peruvian co-worker are cracking down on the Spanish language lessons. To help prep me for my upcoming trip to the Republica Dominicana (no longer the Dominican Republic) I have been hit with tons of new Spanish vocabulary and useful phrases. Since this is a two way street; they get the enjoyment of laughing as I painfully try to get the double 'r' sound followed by a vowel and then another 'r' out right - I get to make a list of words I think I'd want to know. Considering how much I like the fruit mentioned below, I thought it would be a good one to practice on now.

Today's word is a Spanish word used in Mexico:

toronja - grapefruit

Amerispan, Cactus Language and IMAC are all good starting points to learning abroad. A free membership at Spanish Unlimited gives you the opportunity to learn a new word everyday by email, gain pen pals and hear audio of the words. Their website is actually a good resource tool for many different Spanish related topics. I won't even begin to list some of the texts out there that could further your studies because there are entirely too many. If you know of some language books that would be useful please feel free to list them.

Past Spanish words: escalar, cercano, realidad, enfermo, jalar, isla, timbre, viajar

Filed under: Learning, Mexico, Foreign Language