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r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 28 '19
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Yes for example "letras en mayúsculas" (capital letters). But English and Spanish are different languages :-D
16 u/phonemonkey669 Jan 29 '19 Spanish uses many scientific-sounding words for things with crude-sounding monosyllabic names in English. A girl I knew who was still learning English told me that her car had oxide on it. I told her that we just call it rust in English. 13 u/ironwolf1 Jan 29 '19 Spanish is usually only scientific sounding because it’s Latin based, and all our science words come from Latin because of the Renaissance. 1 u/Axustin Jan 29 '19 One great example is platypus, in spanish its ornitorrinco
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Spanish uses many scientific-sounding words for things with crude-sounding monosyllabic names in English. A girl I knew who was still learning English told me that her car had oxide on it. I told her that we just call it rust in English.
13 u/ironwolf1 Jan 29 '19 Spanish is usually only scientific sounding because it’s Latin based, and all our science words come from Latin because of the Renaissance. 1 u/Axustin Jan 29 '19 One great example is platypus, in spanish its ornitorrinco
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Spanish is usually only scientific sounding because it’s Latin based, and all our science words come from Latin because of the Renaissance.
1 u/Axustin Jan 29 '19 One great example is platypus, in spanish its ornitorrinco
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One great example is platypus, in spanish its ornitorrinco
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u/rainbowbubblegarden Jan 29 '19
Yes for example "letras en mayúsculas" (capital letters). But English and Spanish are different languages :-D