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What are some Spanish words that are considerably longer than their English counterpart?

Example: corazon = heart

Asked by gouzai on 14:26, 08/10/2008 - 331 views
Learn Spanish , using English      Tags: Beginner Conversation Vocabulary
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Bat=Murcielago :) mira que bonita palabra mas bonita con todas las vocales :)
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because in spanish we use the adjetive verb the pronoun and ussually use with the placewith is link on; by example: nosotros (we) estamos(are) en la (in the) casa de fernando (fernando house´s) cause we can split and link at the same time the phrase with the prsent past of future, all the stuff in spanish have a drastic change by the way, the vocabullary in spanish is so long but easy, we have an straight rule; we put a name for each one thing, example; we say "casa" and "caza" we write different, it´s sound like the same sound but "casa" is house, "caza" is i´m hunt, so u can see the different form.


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answered 3 months ago
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Ok because they are two lenguage and there are words very similar for example similar :) a other very different for example (corazón=heart) but it is usually in all lenguage maybe bot come from the Latin but is like japanese and chinese there are world very similar for not say identical. 心脏(chinese)心臓(japanese) =corazón
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We have loads of examples:
Ferrocarril (train)
Automóvil (car)
Teleobjetivo (zoom)
Suministros (supplies)
Depósito (depot)
Cajero Automático (ATM)
Navegador (browser)
Alfombra (rug)
Llevarse bien (get along)
Boligrafo (ballpen)


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that´s because most Spanish words come from Latin, and Latin words are long. English words, instead, come from a mix of Latin, Old English, German, French and Norse, the language of the Vikings
answered 3 months ago
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bolígrafo = pen
earthquake (just quake) = terremoto
highway = autopista
to chat = conversar
nightmare = pesadilla
kick = patada
quick = rápido
stick = palo, rama
skull = cráneo
riot = tumulto, motín, disturbios
tan = bronceado
and a big etc. On the other hand there are also some words that are longer in english. The easiest example I can think of is "and = y"
answered 3 months ago
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flora answered the question perfectly. although english is somewhat based on latin, spanish is more faithful to it's latin origin. english derivatives are generally shorter than their latin counterparts with few exceptions.

we can attribute the advancement and popularity of the english language to the successes of british imperialism. if the Armada hadn't hadn't met with significant navigational issues then we might all be learning to conjugate the verb apprender now! jaja :P

"si ayudo a una sola persona a tener esperanza, no habre vivido en vano" martin luther king jr.
answered 2 months ago
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Que bien que estes interesado en el español!!!
es verdad que muchas de las palabras en español saben ser muy largas como
lampara: lamp
carro: car
iglesia: church
bicicleta: bicycle
caja: box
arriba: up
derecha: right
izquierda: left
y muchas palabras mas....
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