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Frizztext Tagged W, Jama Canton June Fiesta 2013, Richard Shindell Cancion Sencilla, Spanish words that start with W
What? Does this mean you can skip W and dash to X? (Photo taken last week during a dress-rehearsal parade!)
Aside from adopting words from other languages, Spanish doesn’t have words that begin with the letter W! Wifi, Whisky, Wafle (Waffle) illustrate a few of the escapes that took root in the Spanish language.
Here’s a beautiful song by Richard Shindell that my friend Michelle shared with me years ago. It doesn’t start with W, but it compliments the theme of learning Spanish.
An impromptu parade distracted us from painting last week; in preparation for Jama’s (Canton)15-year celebration, the town treated us to a dress rehearsal for a much larger parade set for later this week! Since I have no Spanish words to illustrate the letter W, here’s a sneak peek of the upcoming parade!
The size of the parade surprised me, and I was glad that I switched paintbrush for camera and joined the bystanders!
Do you recognize her from the post, UP?
Ecuador seems to have more parades than any other country I’ve visited; this week’s parade will surely be a great one, but I will be in the cloudforests of Mindo. Thankfully the town of Jama was kind enough to give the sneak peek!
The finale dragon was a big hit!
For words that start with W, see Frizztext’s Tagged W for a bonus fun tune!
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So I had to go check Google for Spanish words starting with W. Most derived from English. The one that really cracked me up is Wikificar. I am going to start using that a lot 🙂
hey! that’s funny! i, like you, thought, ‘no way.. surely there are some unique words…’ but most all of the sites – and my dictionary – stated, ‘nope… it’s not here..’
Wikificar! have fun with that word!
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Muy divertido 🙂
Looks like a lot of fun !
i am so behind! there’s that mystery letter that my computer won’t type, and then y… hopefully by tomorrow i will get caught up and ahead, as on tuesday i will be leaving for the amazon.. zero internet where i am going!
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you made my day with your parade report, Lisa!
P.S.:
and the youtube link to the music = wonderful
the bilingual lesson on the youtube video = very helpful!
The verbs sound so beautiful in Spanish. I think he could be saying eat that grub off of that dirt plate and it would sound heavenly ;-).
The children are precioso.
Haha! No Spanish words that start with a ‘w’. Amazing. Hey, it looks like some of those little girls in the parade have the “Beauty Queen wave” down pat! I love the mermaid. 🙂
yes, most of those little princesses had that beauty-queen wave nailed! it was as if they were totally frozen except for the twist of the wrist and a slow back and forth direction of the head!
Awesome report, pictures, that dragon is amazing!
yes, the dragon added lots of whimsy to the end of the parade!
Interesting! I never realized that there are no words with that start with the letter W in Spanish!
I hadn’t ever stopped to think that there are no Spanish words beginning with W. As for the parades, this was one of my favorite memories of our time in Mexico. I have so many lovely shots of the children’s faces during festival time.
I had no idea that “W” is missing in Spanish. That’s really interesting, and a puzzlement I’m going to run by Steve Schwartzman on his Spanish/English blog. The “what” is pretty clear, but the “why” is mysterious.
That’s one fine parade! The stilt walkers are my favorite. They remind me of the country “devils” in Liberia, who often walked on stilts. Not always, but enough to keep the children frightened and amused. Here’s a sample for you!
Looks like this will be a wonderful parade!
Twist of the wrist with whimsy! Wonderful!