playa (de estacio- aparcamiento car park/
namiento)/parqueo parking lot
pasto/grama césped grass/lawn
piso suelo floor
plomero fontanero plumber
pollera falda skirt
prender encender turn on (power, TV)
regresar devolver to give back
revisar registrar to search
(through)
saco americana man’s jacket
timón volante steering wheel
tipear escribir a to type
máquina
vocero/a, personero/a el/la portavoz spokesperson
vuelto cambio change
Gender and stress alternations
Some words have different genders or stress patterns in Spain and Latin
America (or in parts of the region). Common examples are given below:
Latin American item Peninsular item
bebe(Andes/River Plate) bebé baby
(el) bombillo(Central America/ (la) bombilla light bulb
Colombia/Venezuela)
(el) cerillo(Central America/ (la) cerilla match
Mexico)
chofer chófer driver
(el) llamado (la) llamada phone call
(el) radio(not Southern Cone) (la) radio radio
(el) sartén (la) sartén frying pan
video vídeo video
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