Basic vocabulary

These may not be the words you learn in class, but when you need them, you need them!

el inodoro, el excusado, el retrete - toilet
el lavabo - sink (in a bathroom, for washing hands)
el papel higiénico - toilet paper
el grifo - faucet

Of course, there are euphemisms:  el baño (which means the bath, literally) or los servicios.

Intermediate class continues

One of the words that came up at break time (descanso) was "snack."  I looked it up on www.wordreference.com and found an amazing variety of expressions, varying by country, time of day, type of food, reason for eating!  ¡Caramba!

So - try one or more of these:

• el tentempié, 
• el refrigerio, 
• una botana, 
• un bocado, 
• un bocadillo (which means sandwich in Spain, but the kind with big hunks of bread and a chunk of food inside, not the sliced white bread type, which is called a "sandwich"), 

• una merienda (en España, a media tarde solamente, antes de la cena)

• "Please bring a snack to share" - "Favor de traer (Por favor traiga) un platillo (un pequeño plato, un refrigerio, un bocadillo) para compartir."

• mid-morning snack -- un bocado de media mañana (la hora del bocadillo can mean a mid-morning work break in some places)

• bedtime snack - picoteo nocturno (España) o merienda nocturna (Puerto Rico)

Fortunately, there is less variety about other foods:

• cherries - las cerezas
• cantaloupe - el melón
• cookies - galletas (dulces)
• crackers - galletas saladas (salty or savory)
• strawberries - las fresas
• raspberries - las frambuesas
• blackberries - las moras
• olives - las aceitunas
• olive tree - el olivo
• olive oil - aceite de oliva
• pear - la pera
• pear tree - el peral
• apple - la manzana
• apple tree - el manzano