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Random Spanish Words #2

Translate these common Spanish words into English.
All the answers are a single word
If multiple answers fit, guess the most common
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First submittedSeptember 11, 2014
Times taken85,242
Average score79.2%
Rating4.70
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Spanish
English
hola
hello
grande
big
siempre
always
primero
first
nosotros
we
hombre
man
biblioteca
library
ciudad
city
Spanish
English
navidad
christmas
casa
house
hermano
brother
baño
bathroom
corazón
heart
río
river
chica
girl
gato
cat
Spanish
English
pez
fish
fuego
fire
muy
very
caliente
hot
queso
cheese
cerveza
beer
guerra
war
mañana
tomorrow
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80 Comments
buck1017
+9
Level 78
Sep 12, 2014
I can never remember cuidad = city. I always think of cuidado, which is careful or caution. So I always end up trying all kinds of synonyms for careful.
plattitude
+5
Level 94
Sep 18, 2014
For some reason I have a similar problem with cerveza. Every time I see it, I think I'm reading cabeza, which is really not the same thing.

Help me out spanish speakers, can you have a cabeza on your cerveza? You can in English...

TheWombat
+14
Level 73
Oct 30, 2014
Cerveza is about the only one I knew without thinking. I consider it a necessity to be able to ask for beer in any country I travel to.
qcumber
+1
Level 45
Apr 2, 2020
What about la cereza, the cherry?
BlackLab
+1
Level 66
Mar 14, 2023
moi loco in el cabezea from mucho cerveza
loganite
+5
Level 90
Sep 23, 2014
You're right - cuidado is careful. City is ciudad (i before the u), not cuidad.
xXSeanCuber22Xx
+7
Level 61
Oct 16, 2017
Is morning an accepted answer for manana? Manana means morning or tomorrow.
eduardozepol200
+2
Level 38
Jan 12, 2022
it's not cuidad it's ciudad
Wezdie
+3
Level 21
Jan 22, 2024
It's probably just a typo, it's not that big of a deal.
alberici
+8
Level 74
Sep 13, 2014
manana also means morning in Spanish
Quizmaster
+4
Level ∞
Sep 13, 2014
Morning will work now
tschutzer
+10
Level 92
Nov 13, 2014
In my experience, when someone in Mexico tells you "mañana", it means "eventually". LOL
kalbahamut
+3
Level 81
Dec 6, 2014
^ yeah it's the equivalent of "insh'allah" which literally means "god willing" but in common use is closer in meaning to "piss off" or "fat chance"
TH0R
+3
Level 26
Nov 9, 2014
'mañana' is tomorrow and 'la mañana' is morning
OmarVP
+7
Level 55
Dec 6, 2014
Not really, it just depends on the context, "la mañana" can only be "the morning" but "de mañana" is "in the morning" you could be asked "es de mañana o tarde?" and it would be "is it in the morning or the afternoon?" you also have "el mañana" which would be "tomorrow" meaning "the future" best they can do here is accept both "tomorrow" and "morning" since that word is both.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jan 6, 2019
yeah when they say "manana" to mean later or tomorrow they mean "in the morning" as in... not today.
BlendedCow
+13
Level 44
Dec 6, 2014
I thought fish was pescado.
davemcarlson
+28
Level 55
Sep 21, 2015
I think pez is live fish in the water, pescado is more likely to refer to fish for eating. Kind of like cow vs beef in English
dawn06
+7
Level 21
Jan 7, 2019
Yes, 'pez' refers to the live animal and 'pescado' reffers to dead fish, any dead fish.
qcumber
+2
Level 45
Apr 2, 2020
i think its dead vs. alive, just like pollo is dead chicken, but gallo refers to living chickens.
miiiiirrraaaa
+4
Level 54
Dec 2, 2020
Gallo is rooster, gallina is hen
Wallymed
+2
Level 55
Dec 3, 2020
That's not actually true, “pollo” also means living chicken lol. “Gallo” (rooster) and “gallina” (hen) are used for adults and “pollo” (chicken) for the babies 😅. But yeah, when we're talking about food it's “pollo” and “gallina”, I haven't heard anyone say they ate rooster.
JuliaMM
+4
Level 40
Dec 6, 2014
I think pez means fish that are swimming and pescado means fish served at a meal.
scambigol
+4
Level 77
Dec 6, 2014
I'm not Spanish so I might be wrong but I think 'home' should be accepted, too
Jilb
+6
Level 90
Jan 6, 2019
Hogar = home
dawn06
+3
Level 21
Jan 7, 2019
Yes, I think you're right, because you can always say 'me voy a casa' meaning i'm going home or you could say 'me voy a mi casa? meaning i'm going to my house.
Olober
+1
Level 57
Jan 8, 2019
There is definitely wiggle room between direct translations of an isolated word vs translating it for meaning in the context of a sentence
qcumber
+1
Level 45
Apr 2, 2020
That's why its so neat to find very specific foreign words your language doesn't have a word for.
Jonathan
+1
Level 28
Dec 6, 2014
familiar with all of these words but can never quite remember what they mean. only got 7
tylerdavid
+4
Level 74
Dec 6, 2014
And I always thought a pez dispenser was for candy. LOL.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Feb 20, 2020
Yes ! Childhood memories. I thought it was unlikely, but tried words that could be related, like head (which you flip back and in latin head is caput, so put->pez somehow.... I was desperate haha also tried mouth and money..

If it was the other word for fish people mention in the comments I think I would have gotten it. Looks closer to pisces

OfTheMountain
+6
Level 62
Dec 6, 2014
fire very hot. not very random word placement lol
orange3472
+1
Level 67
Jun 27, 2024
I prefer very hot cheese beer
dasubergeek
+4
Level 74
Dec 6, 2014
In Mexico, "chica" also means "small". Like when you say "dame una manzana chica", give me a small apple.
MassLumpBlockClod
+2
Level 84
Dec 6, 2014
When they use the phrase "small screen" like referring to TV as opposed to movies they say "pantalla chica"
DracoPotens
+3
Level 36
Dec 6, 2014
Knew all except cerveza...oh the travails of a spanish student who is underage in America. Never learned that one.
SMFlex
+1
Level 54
Apr 27, 2024
That is one of the few Spanish words I can recall at any given moment. It is imperative that I know how to order beer in any language.
Terradraconum
+1
Level 33
Dec 7, 2014
I was taught that "calor" means hot, as in "Yo tengo calor," which is the equivalent of "I feel hot." (And I mean "hot" in the sense of temperature :) )
dobleV
+6
Level 23
Dec 15, 2014
Actually calor means heat, caliente is hot.
dawn06
+4
Level 21
Jan 7, 2019
Calor is a noun and caliente is an adjective.
quicksilver87
+1
Level 38
Dec 2, 2020
This is a common source of confusion, as in Spanish they say "I have heat" rather than "I am hot". Same happens with "I have hunger", for instance.

I always think these little differences are very interesting to learn about!

FedericoGuzman
+4
Level 74
Dec 4, 2020
"Yo estoy caliente" can also mean "I'm horny" so we mostly we use "Yo tengo calor".
Neodymium
+1
Level 61
Mar 11, 2023
A Hotdog is a perro caliente
Moosefight
+1
Level 60
Dec 8, 2014
And here I thought Guerra was the feminine of Guerro.
Qikiq
+7
Level 87
Sep 24, 2015
As I answered them, I thought they told a story - River, Girl, CatFish, Fire, Very Hot Cheese, Beer. Sounds like a nice campout by the river with catfish frying, fondue, and beer. Not sure fish and hot cheese is a combo I want to try, but still.
Qikiq
+11
Level 87
Sep 24, 2015
Of course, the downside of this picnic by the river is war tomorrow. Shame.
MickeyMcNutt
+2
Level 22
Dec 1, 2015
Please accept "xmas" for navidad.
FuegoStage
+1
Level 50
Sep 8, 2018
100 % and 2:49 remaining
PantsLobbyist
+1
Level 96
Nov 30, 2018
Very hot fish beer war tomorrow was just an awesome set of words to have in a row... I think I'll stay home tomorrow.
kalbahamut
+2
Level 81
Jan 6, 2019
sounds dangerous. good idea.
Sifhraven
+1
Level 72
Feb 20, 2020
Actually, a beer war sounds rather cool. (Like a foodfight,)
AnEverydayNerd8
+1
Level 55
Jan 6, 2019
18/25. Not bad. Thanks 4th, 5th, 6th, and 7th grade Spanish! (Also Duolingo)
kalbahamut
+1
Level 81
Jan 6, 2019
I'm happy I can still easily get 100% on this. All those Spanish classes weren't a total waste.
JWatson24
+1
Level 71
Dec 1, 2020
Yeah, I'm glad at least I can spout random words that I'll probably never use while never understanding a word of what an actual Spanish speaker is telling me.
mrnafe
+1
Level 83
Jan 6, 2019
I love the Spanish language, everything is pronounced as it's spelled, short vowel sounds.
TjizzleDizzle
+1
Level 67
Jan 6, 2019
I studied Spanish for 3 years, long ago (live in Netherlands), and I am surprised I still got 18 of 'm. My memory is so rusty about Spanish, that i had little yeay moment when i did this test. :P
xarnac
+1
Level 72
Jan 7, 2019
Very hot cheese? Beer war tomorrow!
dawn06
+1
Level 21
Jan 7, 2019
easy quiz. all on first try with 2:53 left...could be because I live in Spain...
CloudyBoi
+4
Level 18
Feb 21, 2020
Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad, Feliz Navidad prospero anyo felizidad I wanna wish you a merry christmas, I wanna wish you a merry christmas, I wanna wish you a merry christmas from the bottom of my heart
JonOfKent
+1
Level 57
Jun 6, 2020
I only got "pez" because of playing Spy Ring in my youth. Anyone who plays that gets to learn the word "fish" in about a dozen languages.
dunkinggandalf2
+3
Level 69
Dec 1, 2020
Cool quiz, mon frère ! That means brother in French. I don't know why I know that - I took four years of Spanish!
AlexThirkell
+1
Level 75
Dec 1, 2020
Try my Arrested Development Quotes Quiz!
Alacave
+1
Level 56
Dec 1, 2020
Why is Xmas not accepted?
Kingofuzbekistan
+1
Level 30
Dec 1, 2020
Why are people not getting nosotros?
InterAlia
+1
Level 76
Mar 12, 2023
short answer - they don't know that word

longer answer - lots of English-speaking people don't really speak Spanish but have picked up random vocabulary in various places, including that one class they took many years ago. Most of that consists of simple nouns and adjectives, not pronouns (and definitely not verb conjugations).

SMFlex
+1
Level 54
Apr 27, 2024
I think I learned the subject pronouns about seventeen million times in middle school. It is one of the few things I learned that I still remember. All of the vocabulary I don’t remember, I couldn’t tell you the word for pencil, but I do know my subject pronouns.
charleee
+2
Level 28
Jun 22, 2021
fish is actually pescado
QuizApe
+1
Level 68
Mar 11, 2023
Pez is a live fish and pescado is an eaten fish, like cattle and beef in English.
EcceHomo
+1
Level 82
Oct 6, 2021
I think siempre also translates as ever.
Strobes
+2
Level 75
Jan 7, 2022
This sequence tells quite a story:

muy caliente queso. cerveza. guerra mañana!

kogatora
+1
Level 93
May 15, 2022
can forever be accepted for siempre?
loni
+1
Level 67
Sep 4, 2022
If it was "para siempre" then forever would be acceptable.
Koopa
+1
Level 80
Mar 11, 2023
My 8th-grade Spanish comes through again.

Whenever I see "hermano," all I can think about is that Arrested Development episode.

LuckyCat
+1
Level 65
Mar 11, 2023
My eighth-grade Spanish teacher also came through . . .
garcogait
+1
Level 68
Mar 11, 2023
speaking portuguese helps a ton with this quiz. got all exept the two that arent spelled the same way in portuguese never took any spanish class
LuckyCat
+1
Level 65
Mar 11, 2023
See y'all, Spanish class does pay off! lol
RJG
+1
Level 62
Apr 14, 2023
7/24. Average score is 19? Am i missing something here?
riverscuomo
+1
Level 53
Apr 22, 2024
please capitalize Christmas
loveeruby
+1
Level 28
Jun 1, 2024
can u accept xmas for christmas?
SpartanLlama
+1
Level 70
Jun 27, 2024
49 seconds, ez money, Spanish class really paid off
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