Alexander Glenn

In Spanish, “be my friend” is said as sé mi amigo. This phrase is a request asking someone to enter into a friendship with the speaker.

In Spanish, “dumb a” is translated as pendejo.

The English word “damnation” translates to Spanish as condenación.

The English word pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis is translated into Spanish as neumoultramicroscopicosilicovolcanoconiosis.

The English word ‘plagiarism’ is translated into Spanish as plagio. plagio refers to the act of copying someone else’s ideas.

The Spanish word cami refers to a camisole, though the default form is camisola.

In Puerto Rico a cake is a bizcocho. A birthday cake is a bizcocho de cumpleaños.

In Spanish, the phrase “what time do you get off?” is expressed as ¿a qué hora sales del trabajo?

In El Salvador shoes are zapatos. Sneakers are usually called tenis, and the word is the same in the singular and plural.

To puke in Spanish is to say devolver.