la lengua

tongue

idioms:
la lengua materna mother (native) tongue
"El alemán es su lengua materna." German is his native language.

las malas lenguas "the gossips"

"Según las malas lenguas, su hija está loca."
According to the gossips her daughter is insane.

el pez noun

fish

Estaba como un pez en el agua
"He felt right at home(was as snug as a bug in a rug.)" literally "He was like a fish in water."

Es un pez gordo
"He's a bigwig (a big shot)." Literally, "He's a big fish."

Those who are able to read Spanish could try a little Portuguese, which has many similarities in terms of written texts (pronunciation changes a little). That would be one more option in a new field to learn new things and communicating more amply.

Some tips about Portuguese in comparision with Spanish:

The endings ...ción in Portuguese is ...ção (Sp- oración; Pt- oração )

The articles: Sp- la/las; Pt- a/as -- fem. // Sp- el/los; Pt- o/os -- masc.

Diminutive: Sp- ito/ita; Pt- inho/inha. Ex. Sp- casita; Pt- casinha

Of course there are great variation in vocabulary, so that it's not just a question of endings. . .

* Countries where Portuguese is spoken and is the official language: Portugal, Brazil, Angola, Mozambique, Cape Verde, Guiné Bissau, East Timor

* A good dictionary Spanish/Portuguese for free in the Net which even brings the sound of pronunciations:

http://www.wordreference.com/ptes/

Thank you for that! Very interesting!

Curiosity asks: why did the Spanish and Portuguese languages come to have these differences, when their countries lie side by side on the Iberian penninsula? Was it due to geographic, ethnic, political or other causes?

la pesca fem. noun:

fishing

ir de pesca
to go fishing

Vamos de pesca.
"We're going fishing."

pescar verb:

to fish

pesco........I fish
pescas.......You fish
pesca........She fishes
pescamos....We fish
pescáis......You fish
pescan......They fish

la brocha (BROA-chah)

1.(para pintar) paintbrush
2. a. brocha de afeitar, shaving brush; b. brocha de maquillar, blusher brush.

idioms:
de brocha gorda poorly done, literally "of brush large."
Escribió unos cuantos versos de brocha gorda.

un pintor de brocha gorda a house painter
Es un pintor de brocha gorda
"He's a house painter."

Word: la arca
Pronunciation: AHR-kah (The Spanish r here is pronounced with a tap of the tongue against the front of the palate.)
Meaning: ark (either the chest containing the Ten Commandments of the Hebrews, or a large boat)
Example: Y Dios dijo a Noé, hazte un arca de madera de gofer.
Translation: And God said to Noah, make yourself an ark of gopher wood.
Warning: Arca is feminine.

le pájaro (PAharo)

bird

Más vale pájaro en mano que ciento volando.

(Better to have bird in hand than a hundred flying.)
– A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

ahorita

It has two seemingly contradictory meanings: “right now” and “in a minute,” depending on the intentions of the speaker.


Some common phrases using ahorita:
Necesito que lo hagas ahorita. I need you to do it right now.

¿Dónde estás ahorita? Where are you right now?

Ahorita le atiendo. I will attend to you in a minute.

Ahorita regreso. I will be back in a minute.

If someone says ahora mismo you can be sure they mean, "RIGHT NOW!"

Well, they developed differently, as within Spain itself there is the catalán, which is (roughly) half Spanish, half French.

Maybe that is because at that time there was no Internet nor rock'n'roll. . .