Esquina

Today's word is: Esquina

Clase: sustantivo (noun)

Género: femenino (feminine)

Origen: gótico (Gothic language)

In Spanish, “esquina”^* is a feminine noun originating from Gothic language and meaning corner, as in:

• El bar de la esquina (the bar on the corner)

Some Spanish expressions with the word “esquina” are:

• A la vuelta de la esquina^** (around corner)
  • El banco está a la vuelta de la esquina (the bank is around the corner)
• Doblar la esquina (to make a left/ right turn)
• Esquina inferior derecha (bottom/ lower right hand corner)
• Esquina superior derecha (top/ upper right hand corner)
• Esquina inferior izquierda (bottom/ lower left hand corner)
• Esquina superior izquierda (top/ upper left hand corner)
• Hacer esquina (to be in the corner)
  • El edificio que hace esquina (the building in the corner)
• La tienda de la esquina (the shop on the corner)
• Las cuatro esquinas (the four corners -game played by children)
• Mozo de esquina (corner lad/ corner boy)
• Saque de esquina (corner kick -football/ soccer)

Notes

*Please note that, whilst the literal meaning of "esquina" is corner, in Spanish, we often use the word “rincón” to refer to a nook or the 'inner' side of a corner.

**In a similar fashion to English, the expression could also mean very near/ close, as in:

• Las Navidades están a la vuelta de la esquina (Christmas festivities are just around the corner)

Love-Spanish.com loves the word "esquina" in the YouTube clip: Pereza - El bar de la esquina

For more on the word "esquina", visit: Wordreference.com/es/en/ Esquina

*NB 'Click' on the speaker icon next to the word “esquina”in the link to hear the word pronounced.

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