Today's
WOTD is: "asunto" = matter
In
Spanish, “asunto”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
matter,
as
in:
- Tenemos varios asuntos pendientes (we have several matters outstanding);
The noun “asunto”
also means issue or subject, as in:
- Nos queda pendiente el asunto de las vacaciones (the issue of the holidays remains outstanding);
- No olvides de indicar el asunto de cada mensaje (don't forget to indicate the subject of each message);
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “asunto”
are:
- Asunto a tratar (agenda item/ issue to address);
- Tenemos varios asuntos a tratar (we have several issues to address/ deal with);
- Asunto de referencia (above-mentioned/ reference subject);
- Asunto de familia (family matter/ affair);
- Asunto de trabajo (work/ work related issue);
- Asunto delicado (delicate/ sensitive issue);
- Asunto en cuestión (issue in question);
- Asunto interno (internal matter);
- Asunto jurídico (legal matter);
- Asunto legal (legal matter);
- Asunto mal llevado (badly handled matter);
- Asunto penal (criminal matter);
- Asunto pendiente (outstanding issue/ matter);
- Asunto personal (private affair/ personal matter);
- Asunto público (public matter/ concern);
- Asunto turbio (murky/ shady affair/ matter);
- Asunto zanjado (settled/ closed issue);
- El asunto es que... (the thing is... );
- Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores (Foreign Office/ US Department of State);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "asunto" in the YouTube clip: IZAL -Asuntos delicados
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “asunto”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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