Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
(In the Spanish language this means "confusion", "disquiet" or "disorder"; however, in the context of the show, the word is playfully used as the antonym of the word "concert", to mean "un-concert"). She impersonated Puerto Rican celebrities such as Myrta Silva , Carmita Jiménez , Lucecita Benítez , Yolandita Monge , and Nydia Caro , among ...
This is a list of Spanish words of uncertain origin. Some of these words existed in Latin and/or Ancient Greek , but are thought by some scholars to ultimately come from some other source. Many of these words have alternate etymologies and may also appear on a list of Spanish words from a different language .
The Book of Disquiet (Portuguese: Livro do Desassossego: Composto por Bernardo Soares, ajudante de guarda-livros na cidade de Lisboa) is a work by the Portuguese author Fernando Pessoa (1888–1935). Published posthumously, The Book of Disquiet is a fragmentary lifetime project, left unedited by the author, who introduced it as a "factless ...
Antiphrasis is the rhetorical device of saying the opposite of what is actually meant in such a way that it is obvious what the true intention is. [1] Some authors treat and use antiphrasis just as irony, euphemism or litotes. [2] When the antiphrasal use is very common, the word can become an auto-antonym, [3] having opposite meanings ...
The cognates in the table below share meanings in English and Spanish, but have different pronunciation. Some words entered Middle English and Early Modern Spanish indirectly and at different times. For example, a Latinate word might enter English by way of Old French, but enter Spanish directly from Latin. Such differences can introduce ...
DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper behind the hits “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” died at the age of 43. Unk, born Anthony Platt, was one of the key figures in snap music, a subgenre of crunk that ...
Temporary structures like the one in Juárez are being prepared in nine Mexico cities along the U.S.-Mexico border. They are part of the President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo administration's "Mexico ...
AnnaStills/istockphotoThere are people who watch the Super Bowl for a spirited football game between two talented teams. There are those who watch it for the spectacle of the halftime show. And ...