Being born in Spanish
May. 27th, 2024 03:28 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebBeing Born
I just learned that in Spanish, the word for "to be born" ("nacer") also means "to sprout" and "to hatch."
It's interesting that starting out in life gets an active verb in English if you're a plant or come from an egg, but passive if you're a mammal.
Birth
Also, one word for "birth" is "parto," which is easier to remember when you know the phrase "post-partum" in English. And apparently "parto" is more focused on the mother whereas "nacimiento" is more focused on the baby.
Sports Goals
In other news, I finally figured out that though "arco" and "gol" both mean "goal," the former is the area in which you make a goal and the latter is what gets you a point. Just like in English we have separate words for a basketball "net" and making a "basket."
This reminds me of "TV" and "radio" where Spanish has one word for when you're focused on the device (el televisor, el radio) and a different word for when you're focusing on the program or the music (la televisión, la radio).
I just learned that in Spanish, the word for "to be born" ("nacer") also means "to sprout" and "to hatch."
It's interesting that starting out in life gets an active verb in English if you're a plant or come from an egg, but passive if you're a mammal.
Birth
Also, one word for "birth" is "parto," which is easier to remember when you know the phrase "post-partum" in English. And apparently "parto" is more focused on the mother whereas "nacimiento" is more focused on the baby.
Sports Goals
In other news, I finally figured out that though "arco" and "gol" both mean "goal," the former is the area in which you make a goal and the latter is what gets you a point. Just like in English we have separate words for a basketball "net" and making a "basket."
This reminds me of "TV" and "radio" where Spanish has one word for when you're focused on the device (el televisor, el radio) and a different word for when you're focusing on the program or the music (la televisión, la radio).