@Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 30 days agoTIL there's a solar powered pink refrigerator in the Namib Desertafricaviewfacts.comexternal-linkmessage-square57arrow-up1491
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minus-squareCousin MoselinkfedilinkEnglish11•30 days agoOh wow, I feel like a moron now. I never could figure out why it would be “for wind.”
minus-square@Thadden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish12•30 days agoHaha nah you’re alright. Every day we learn something new! Also another one, “umbrella” is “paraguas” (waters stopper) :)
minus-squareOfCourseNotlinkfedilink4•29 days agoNope that’s French, I think, my French est terrible, but definitely not Spanish.
minus-square@Akasazh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglish3•29 days 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 → 🛑📄