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Jul 07 2008
In today’s world with acronyms for just about everything from MP3’s to EOD (end of day) to PMB (personal mailbox), is it any wonder that half the conversations that we have are done with confused glints in our eye and a slight nod as we agree to the current FYI (for your information).Â
Sometimes, acronyms seem [...]
Nov 30 2007
In Spanish and Portuguese, amigos translates to “friends.” The feminine form of the word is amigas.
So, an amigo is a male friend and an amiga is a female friend.
Etymology: amigos is derived from the Latin amicus.
Nov 30 2007
“Más” means more (or sometimes most) in Spanish.
Examples:
Más fina translates to “best” (”most fine”).
Una más means “one more.”
Más que nada means “more than anything” (literally, “more than nothing” but “more than anything” is a more accurate translation).
In Portuguese “mas” means “but.”
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