spanish or english: romance

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fri 8/28/2009

 

Some words sound cooler in Spanish, some sound cooler in English.
Of the following, which sounds cooler to you?

beso

Latin: bāsiō "kiss"

kiss

Old English: cyssan "to kiss"

abrazo

Latin: ad "close" + Latin: brachium "arm"

hug

Old Norse: hugge "to embrace"

lujuria

Latin: lascivus "wanton, playful, lustful"

lust

Latin: lascivus "wanton, playful, lustful"

acariciar

Italian: carezzare "endearment"

caress

Latin: carus "dear"

ternura

Latin: tener "tender"

tenderness

Old French: tendre "soft, delicate, tender"

coquetear

French: coquet/coquette"flirt"

flirt

Germanic: flirtje "a giddy girl"

amor

Latin: amor "love"

love

Old English: lufu "love, affection, friendliness"

corazón

Latin: cor "heart"

heart

Old English: heorte "heart"

cariño

Catalunyan Spanish: carinyo "expression of love"

affection

Latin: affectionem "inclination, influence, permanent state of feeling"

alma gemela

Latin: anima "soul" + Greek: gemo "full"

soul mate

Old English: sawol "spiritual and emotional part of a person" + Germanic: mate, gemate "one eating at the same table"

 
 
 

79 responses to “spanish or english: romance”

spanish is better in all the right ways

divina69's picture

★ мιzz yandel ★ ..

fri 8/28 1:53am

spanish sounds sexier. thats whatall tha boys tell me.

cynthia.bby.__x's picture

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fri 8/28 2:01am

spanish sounds better always

puertoricanguy19's picture

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fri 8/28 2:02am

i agree with the ppl ^^ [abovee mee]

Spanish does sound sexier!

alex_iruegas's picture

alexx(:

fri 8/28 2:06am

yep romance in Spanish sounds so much better, but i think that French beats em all lol

Junior1213's picture

Jя.

fri 8/28 2:11am

wait shouldnt we save this 4 February or somethin lol

Junior1213's picture

Jя.

fri 8/28 2:12am

yeah cuz February 5th is my bday

divina69's picture

★ мιzz yandel ★ ..

sat 8/29 4:34pm

I think for the most part spanish sounds better. For some reason "ternura" sounds weird to me and MTV messed up the word amor after they maid that dating show with that italian guy.

Big Low Easy's picture

Lost in Translation

fri 8/28 2:20am

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