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Want to improve your Spanish? Try using these five sayings! In addition, learn about their origins and how to use them effectively in this informative article. (This article is written in Spanish.)

Triskaidekaphobia Awfully long word, I know. It comes from Greek and means fear of the number 13 and avoidance to use it. I remembered just today, because Tuesday and 13 it's a combination that traditionally means bad luck here in Spain. It's the same as Friday 13th in the US. Superstitions and legends are a very interesting topic for me, and I'll probably write a bit about them in the future (not today, of course, that'd mean bad luck). Personally, I don't believe in any of these old traditions, but I find them curious and funny at the same time. As an example, I remember a famous Spanish motorcycle pilot, Ángel Nieto. Nieto won 13 world championships but always refused to say that exact number. When asked, he merely said he had "12+1" titles.