Word of the day

[Marianopolita]

Sept 12- sartén- frying pan (as in la sartén) (see the link in the first post for the meaning and examples)


Remember this word was discussed in another thread about some nouns having both genders. Sartén is feminine although you may hear it used with the masculine gender. I have never heard it but I know the question is out there. I have seen the masculine form in writing though.

Here is a link that once again confirms it is la sartén not el sartén.

Escribe bien: ¿El sartén o la sartén?

Hablar de 'sartén' como un sustantivo masculino es incorrecto, puesto que según el Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (RAE) se trata de una palabra femenina. Sobre todo en los países latinoamericanos es muy común hablar de este utensilio de cocina como un nombre masculino, sin embargo...

www.eluniverso.com

 

[Marianopolita]

Sept 14- cotidiano, cotidiana - daily (see the link in the first post for examples)


I think this is a good word to know and it shows progression from beginner Spanish. It’s an adjective so when used it must agree in gender with the noun it modifies. If you learn how to use it correctly you can move away from saying todos los días and use the adjective cotidiano/a.

Also note this word has not changed much from the original Latin word both in Spanish and French


Latin- cotidie

Spanish- cotidiano, cotidiana

French- quotidien, quotidienne

 

[NanSanPedro]

Sept 14- cotidiano, cotidiana - daily (see the link in the first post for examples)


I think this is a good word to know and it shows progression from beginner Spanish. It’s an adjective so when used it must agree in gender with the noun it modifies. If you learn how to use it correctly you can move away from saying todos los días and use the adjective cotidiano/a.

Also note this word has not changed much from the original Latin word both in Spanish and French


Latin- cotidie

Spanish- cotidiano, cotidiana

French- quotidien, quotidienne

The French looks like the English quotient. I wonder how we got it from quotidien, assuming we did of course.

 

[Marianopolita]

The French looks like the English quotient. I wonder how we got it from quotidien, assuming we did of course.

Yes, it does look like the English word quotient and I never noticed that or even thought about it until you mentioned it now most likely because I think differently when comes to English and Spanish.

My first instinct is the Latin word and not comparing it to English in any way. As well, in this example the meaning is not the same in English if there is any correlation.

 

[NanSanPedro]

Yes, it does look like the English word quotient and I never noticed that or even thought about it until you mentioned it now most likely because I think differently when comes to English and Spanish.

My first instinct is the Latin word and not comparing it to English in any way. As well, in this example the meaning is not the same in English if there is any correlation.

Just for giggles, I looked it up: https://www.google.com/search?q=ety....69i57j0l3.8288j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Quotient comes from Latin "quotiens" and means "how many times." That makes a lot of sense: if you divide one number by a second, you are figuring out "how many times" the second number goes into the first.

So they're not related.

 

[Chirimoya]

The more archaic 'quotidian' is neither routine nor commonplace and certainly not in everyday use.

 

[Marianopolita]

Just for giggles, I looked it up: https://www.google.com/search?q=ety....69i57j0l3.8288j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Quotient comes from Latin "quotiens" and means "how many times." That makes a lot of sense: if you divide one number by a second, you are figuring out "how many times" the second number goes into the first.

So they're not related.

I knew they were not related.....just the English meaning alone tells me so but it is always good to research for knowledge.


Muy bien.