Let’s cover 8 common Spanish vocabulary words today. If you live in a Spanish-speaking country you will hear these words. But you will probably not hear them used in a typical Spanish course.

1. despectivo – scornful, contemptuous

No me hables en un tono despectivo.
(Don’t speak to me in a contemptuous tone.

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2. desordenado — messy

La habitación de mi hijo siempre está desordenada.
(My son’s bedroom is always messy.)

3. hurto — (robo sin violencia) theft

El joyero no se dio cuenta del hurto de los anillos.
(The jeweler did not realize the theft of the rings.

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4. pegajoso — sticky

Me quedaron las manos pegajosas despues de agarrar una manazana con caramelo.
(My hands became sticky after grabbing a caramel apple.)

5. sudoroso — sweaty

Trabajé mucho hoy y llegué a mi casa sudoroso y pegajoso.
(I worked a lot today and arrived at my house sweaty and sticky.)

6. cuernos — horns of an animal

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7. cachos — horns of an animal (commonly used in Colombia instead of the word “cuernos”)

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8. poner los cuernos — (ser infiel) to be unfaithful to one’s spouse, boyfriend/girlfriend, significant other, etc. But literally “to put horns on someone.”

Miguel le puso los cuernos a su novia y cuando ella se dio cuenta rompió su relación.
(Miguel cheated on his girlfriend and when she found out she ended their relationship.

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Por supuesto (of course), in Colombia the “gente” say “poner los cachos” instead of “poner los cuernos.”

If you want to sound a bit more formal, you can use the verb “engañar” instead of “poner los cuernos.”

Catalina engaña a su novio.
Catalina is cheating on her boyfriend.

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