Darse la gran vida – to live it up
Estar en la flor de la vida – to be in the prime of one’s life
Estar lleno de vida – to be full of life
Estar vivito y coleando – to be alive and kicking
Gozar de la vida – to enjoy life
Jugar de vivo – to take advantage of something
Más vivo que un dolor de muelas read more

El coma – coma (medical)
La coma – comma
El cuento – story
La cuenta – bill or count
El trompo – a child’s tops that spins
La trompa – a elephants trunk, snout or the front of a car
El suelo – ground
La suela – read more

Here are some computer terms.

Archivo – file
Amigable para el usuario – user friendly
Bajar or descargar –to download
Base de datos – data base
Bitácora – a blog
Bloguear – to blog
Borrar – Delete
Cable – read more

I should have written this last week but have been very busy “hasta el copete de trabajo” finishing two books on Cuba (Cuban Spanish and a guidebook), one on Panama (Spanish), one on Mexican Spanish and my real estate book. “Más vale tarde que nunca”  (Better late than never)…Nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena read more

There are literally thousands of Spanish words that are easy  for English speakers to to understand. All they have to do is concentrate on the English within these words, stress the correct syllable and pronounce them with a Spanish accent.

EASY WORDS:
béislbol – baseball
café – coffee, read more