Today's
WOTD is: "avenida" = avenue
In
Spanish, “avenida”
is a feminine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
avenue,
as in:
- Vivimos en la Avenida de América (we live in the Avenue of the Americas);
The noun “avenida”
also means a flood, as in:
- Una gran avenida destruyó los puentes (a huge flood destroyed the bridges);
The word “avenida”/
“avenido”, is also a describing word/ adjective, usually
preceded by “bien” or “mal” and
meaning in agreement/ in harmony, as:
- Somos un grupo de personas bien avenidas (we are a group of people who get on really well with each other);
Related
to "avenida"
is
action word/ verb “avenirse”,
meaning to accept
or to agree,
as in:
- Me avengo a lo que el destino me depare (I accept what my fate may bring);
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “avenida”
are:
- Avenida pluvial (flood of rain);
- Avenida torrencial (flash flood);
- Bien avenidos (in harmony -people who get on well with each other);
- Mal avenidos (not in harmony -people who don't get on with each other);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "avenida" in the YouTube clip: LA AVENIDA DE LOS TILOS - LUCIANA
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “avenida”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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