➡️ Decoding Spanish Directions

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Do you know your directions in Spanish? What about being able to tell the difference between similar words based on context? Here’s a real challenge for you!

Answers:

(1) “oeste” (west)

(2) “este” (east)

These answers are a bit different from our usual quizzes which typically have had alternate words to use but, in this context, west and east are simply nouns that don’t really have alternate vocabulary - but the words themselves have alternate vocabulary!

For instance “este” can mean “this”(masculine) or “east” and “oeste”, meaning “west”, might be heard as “o este”, meaning “or this”.

The best way to tell the difference, like in English, is with context and pronunciation!

Context:
The surrounding words and the overall topic of conversation can often make it clear whether someone is referring to a direction or an object.

Pronunciation:
Though the pronunciation difference is subtle and might not be perceptible to all speakers, some people might stress the second syllable slightly more when referring to the direction "east" (es-TE) and stress the first syllable more for the demonstrative "this" (ES-te). However, this distinction is not consistent among all Spanish speakers.

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