ReVerb Spanish

Spanish Wordz, daily Spanish vocab on Twitter

One of my 2010 New Year’s Resolutions is to expand my Spanish vocabulary. In the past, I’ve made a mental note or jotted down new, interesting words in my trusty Moleskine notebook. But in recent weeks I’ve come across some real gems and decided I would start tweeting a Spanish word daily.

Don’t worry, I’ll still be tweeting Spanish verbs over @ReVerbSpanish, but now you can add @SpanishWordz to the mix.

Why the spelling “Spanish Wordz”?

Because “Spanish Words”, “Spanish Word”, “Palabras”, and “Spanish Vocab” were all already taken on Twitter.

The plan is to tweet Spanish words that hopefully you aren’t too familiar with. I know what you must be thinking….ANOTHER Spanish Word of the Day stream on Twitter?! Yes, I know there are already plenty of these “Spanish Word Of the Day” tweets on Twitter. But most of them are focused on very basic Spanish words. Perro= dog. Lunes = Monday. Comer = to eat.

That’s great for beginners or people who need a refresher, but what about those of us who already have the basics down pat and want to keep progressing?

It’s time to stretch yourself, especially if you’ve been studying Spanish awhile and are at an intermediate or advanced level. Get out of the habit of using the same basic Spanish words over and over again.

For example, you may use the word “amigo,” even in situations where it may not be the best choice. In English, we have words like colleague, coworker, acquaintance, roommate, neighbor, buddy. Why not learn the Spanish equivalents and deposit them into your Spanish memory bank?

Even if your accent speaking Spanish isn’t perfect, using more sophisticated words in Spanish will go a long way to making you sound more fluent.

There won’t be any overall theme or specific reason why certain words get posted on particular days. They will just be words that strike me as interesting and unusual. Often they will be words that I’ve noticed in the news that I think might help folks expand their Spanish vocab past the usual common Spanish 101 words. If you’re studying Spanish in college or in high school taking Advanced Placement Spanish, some of these vocab words may come in handy.

I will post at least one Spanish word daily. On some days I may post more than one. But there will always be at least one new word posted everyday. I’m commited to doing this every day for the next 365 days. After that, who knows?

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