Saturday, February 9, 2008

Word Connections

The relationship of words can be very illuminating:

machacar - to crush, pound
machado - hatchet
machar - to crush
machete - machete, chopper
macho - male, masculine, robust, stupid

from Cassell's Compact Spanish Dictionary
(taken from the book, "Strange Piece of
Paradise," by Terri Jenks, page 363)

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