Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agoTIL there's a solar powered pink refrigerator in the Namib Desertafricaviewfacts.comexternal-linkmessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up1387arrow-down14
arrow-up1383arrow-down1external-linkTIL there's a solar powered pink refrigerator in the Namib Desertafricaviewfacts.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 hours agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareCousin Mose@lemmy.hogru.chlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·9 hours agoOh wow, I feel like a moron now. I never could figure out why it would be “for wind.”
minus-squareThadden@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 hours agoHaha nah you’re alright. Every day we learn something new! Also another one, “umbrella” is “paraguas” (waters stopper) :)
minus-squareOfCourseNot@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 hours agoNope that’s French, I think, my French est terrible, but definitely not Spanish.
minus-squareAkasazh@feddit.nlcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 hours 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.