Sardina

La palabra de hoy es: 'sardina' = sardine.

The Spanish noun, 'sardina' is a feminine noun of Latin origin. In Spanish, 'sardina' is the name given to sardines, both as fish species and food.

The Spanish noun 'arenque' means herring, a fish species related to the sardine.

There are some common Spanish expressions with the noun 'sardine' in them, for example:

• Como sardinas (crammed... like sardines)
• Como sardinas en lata (crammed... like sardines)
• Arrimar el ascua a su sardina (to look after 'number one')
• El entierro de la sardina (festival which ends carnivals)

Examples of the use of the noun 'sardina' are:

• La sardina es un pescado muy bueno para la salud (sardines are very healthy fish)
• Hasta Barcelona fuimos como sardinas (we went right up to Barcelona crammed like sardines)
• En el ascensor íbamos como sardinas en lata (in the lift/ elevator, we were crammed like sardines)
• A ti te gusta arrimar el ascua a tu sardina (you like to look after 'number one')

Love-Spanish.com loves the word 'sardina' in the YouTube clip showing how to prepare:  Sardinas, tomates y cebollas asados a las finas hierbas

 

More on the word 'sardina', visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Sardina

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