Casillas

La palabra de hoy es: 'casilla' = hut/ small house/ pigeonhole.

In Spanish, the noun 'casilla' is also commonly used to mean:

• Each one of the squares in a crossword
• Each one of the squares on board games (e.g.: chess/ checkers/ draughts/ etc.)
• Each one of the squares on a sheet of square paper
• Each cell in a spreadsheet
• A cinema/ theatre box office
• A box shaped compartment in shelves or set of drawers
• A postal box ('casilla postal')
• A dog kennel

A related word, 'casillero' is often used to mean shelves or similar furniture items with pigeonholes. The term 'casilla' is also used in expressions such as:

• Sacar a alguien de sus casillas (to make someone loose his/ her patience or drive someone mad)
• Salirse de sus casillas (to loose one's temper)

Ejemplos:

•  ¡Para ya! me estás sacando de mis casillas (stop! you are driving me mad)
• Todo esto me hace salirme de mis casillas (all this is making me loose my temper)

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