Today's WOTD is: 'muñeca' = wrist/ doll
In Spanish, the noun 'muñeca' is a feminine noun of pre-Roman origin, with two English meanings: wrist and doll. The noun 'muñeca' is often used in Spanish in its plural form 'muñecas'.
Some commonly used expressions containing the word 'muñeca' are:
- Fractura de muñeca (wrist fracture).
- Jugar a las muñecas (to play a game with dolls).
- Muñeca de trapo (rag doll).
- Muñeca rusa (Russian doll).
- Parecer una muñeca (to be like a doll).
- Tener muñeca (to have influence/ connections-colloquially in some parts of Latin America).
Examples of the use of the word 'muñeca' are:
- Los niños están juegando a las muñecas (the children are playing a game with dolls).
- Esa muñeca de trapo es muy fea (that rag doll is ugly looking).
- ¿No te gustan las muñecas rusas? (do you not like Russian dolls?).
- Tu hija parece una muñeca (your daughter is like a little doll).
- Con muñeca se consigue cualquier cosa (with influence you achieve whatever you want).
- Pedro se cayó y sufrió una fractura de muñeca ( Pedro fell and broke his wrist).
Love-Spanish.com loves the word 'muñeca' in the YouTube clip: La Oreja de Van Gogh - Muñeca De Trapo (VideoClip)
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