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arrow-up1486arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's a solar powered pink refrigerator in the Namib Desertafricaviewfacts.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareCousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 months agoOh wow, I feel like a moron now. I never could figure out why it would be “for wind.”
minus-squareThadden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·2 months agoHaha nah you’re alright. Every day we learn something new! Also another one, “umbrella” is “paraguas” (waters stopper) :)
minus-squareOfCourseNot@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoNope that’s French, I think, my French est terrible, but definitely not Spanish.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoYup I didn’t take intend it to be a Spanish example btw, just to show that the para prefix works in other languages too.
Oh wow, I feel like a moron now. I never could figure out why it would be “for wind.”
Haha nah you’re alright. Every day we learn something new! Also another one, “umbrella” is “paraguas” (waters stopper) :)
Or parapluie (rain stopper)
Nope that’s French, I think, my French est terrible, but definitely not Spanish.
Yup I didn’t take intend it to be a Spanish example btw, just to show that the para prefix works in other languages too.
Paradise → 🛑🎲
Paradox → 🛑📄