Today's
WOTD is: "cortina" = curtain
In Spanish, “cortina” is a
feminine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is curtain.
Some expressions with the word “cortina”
are:
- Correr las cortinas* (to draw/ pull/ close the curtains);
- Cortina de ducha (shower screen);
- Cortina de hierro (Iron Curtain -Latin America mainly**);
- Cortina de humo (smoke screen);
- Dormir a cortinas verdes (to sleep out in the open);
*NB
The expression may also be used when meaning to draw back, pull back
or open curtains.
**NB
Commonly refereed to in Spain as “telón de acero”.
Some
examples of the use of the word "cortina"
are:
- Era una casa muy vieja y sin cortinas en las ventanas (it was a very old house without curtains on the windows);
- Corramos las cortinas y dejemos que entre la luz del sol (let us open the curtains and allow the sunlight to come in);
- Tenemos que cambiar la cortina de la ducha (we need to replace the shower curtain);
- La cortina de hierro dividió Europa (the Iron Curtain divided Europe);
- Eso no es más que una cortina de humo (that is nothing more than a smoke screen);
- Te gusta dormir a cortinas verdes, ¿verdad? (you like sleeping in the open, don't you?);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "cortina" in the YouTube clip: Sonora Dinamita "la cortina"
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “cortina”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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