Spanish Word of the Day: herida

[Sam Wilson]

LiCR,

herida 📢 - wound, injury or insult

herida

FEMININE NOUN

1.  (física)

(por arma) wound

(por accidente) injury

2.  (= ofensa) insult

• Me sangraba la herida del brazo.
  The wound in my arm was bleeding.
  
  
• una herida de bala
  a bullet wound
  
  
• hurgar en la herida
  hit you where it hurts / open old wounds
  
  
• Me he hecho una herida en la frente.
  I’ve got a cut on my forehead.
  
  
• lamerse las heridas
  to lick one’s wounds
  
  
• Murió a causa de las heridas del accidente.
  He died from injuries received in the accident.
  

You might hear this in conjunction with the type of injury:

herida contusa - blunt force injury

herida penetrante - penetrating wound

herida punzante - stab wound

herida de bala - bullet wound

heridas graves - serious injury

herida abierta - open wound

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Sam

[Gene French]

Nice work sam  ....

Thanks again!!!

[Sam Wilson]

Gene,

Thank you kind sir!  I was so close to going to bed without spitting out a word...  I figured you'd like that one since it is usually the 1st thing I ask every other time we talk. "¿Hay heridas graves?"  jajaja. Tell me a topic whose words in Spanish would be interesting to you, and I'll dig from that word bag.

I've been brightening up a lot of Tico faces when I tell them that a pharma company has already been setting the price for COVID-19 vacunas at $20 USD.  That's less than ¢12 mil a dose, Tico.  Not out of line with other injections folks might visit their farmacia for (e.g. a pain shot), or ¢2 mil a píldora for half-a-dozen.

Neighborhood news, which I'm sure is not news to one so conectado a la vid, we've got 2 more babies on the way.  Like Dueling Banjos, we now have dueling panzas (¿duelo de los vientres?) in the family.  Seems something about this cuarentena isn't working right...  ;-)  You know I'll be busy over the next year building nidos para gallinas clueca...

Hope things are going well on your side of the volcano.  Todas las mañanas, mientras bebo café, busco zopilotes sobre tu plantación.

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Sam

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[Gene French]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!!

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