Today's
WOTD is: "ladrillo" = brick
In
Spanish, “ladrillo”
is a masculine noun of Latin origin, the main meaning of which is
brick,
as in:
- Vamos a construir una pared de ladrillo (we are going to build a brick wall);
The noun “ladrillo”
is sometimes used to refer to something heavy/ hard going and boring
(a drag or a bore), as in:
- Esa novela es un ladrillo (that novel is boring/ is a drag);
The noun “ladrillo”
also often used to refer to the construction or property
market sector, as in:
- Compramos la vivienda en pleno apogeo del ladrillo (we bought our home at the height/ peak of the the construction/ property market sector);
Some
Spanish expressions with the word “ladrillo”
are:
- Ladrillo azulejo (tiling brick);
- Ladrillo cara vista (facing brick);
- Ladrillo cocido (fired brick);
- Ladrillo de chocolate (chocolate brick);
- Ladrillo refractario (heat/ fire-resistant brick);
- Ladrillo seco (someone who can drink a lot without getting drunk -El Salvador);
- Ladrillo vista (facing brick);
- Ser alguien un ladrillo (to be studious and hard working -Peru);
Love-Spanish.com
loves the word "ladrillo" in the YouTube clip:
LADRILLO (Tango - Canción) - Intérprete: Olimpo Cárdenas
*NB
'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “ladrillo”
in the link to hear the word pronounced.
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