Esquina

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This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for November 27, 2008

esquina - feminine noun (la) - corner. Look up esquina in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/esquina)

Dando vuelta a la esquina, encontrarás una tienda de abarrotes.
Turning the corner, you'll find a grocery store.

[Jessica]

Dando vuelta a la esquina, encontrarás una tienda de abarrotes

So esquina means "corner", tienda de abarrotes mean "grocery store"...
does encontrarás mean "find"?
does dando vuelta mean "turning"?

[CrOtALiTo]

That translate is very weir for me, sometimes I don't understand some translate in English, corner (Esquina), grocery store (tienda de abarrates), my father had a grocery store four years ago.

The grocery corner, when the guys arrived to sunbathing, it was named the La Guadalupana, and the grocery store was in a corner of the street Belisario Dominguez.

[Jessica]

I guess it means to turn the corner of a street in a car. ;)

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes, I guess that, for example your home is on the corner of supermarket.

[Tomisimo]

[i]So esquina means "corner", tienda de abarrotes mean "grocery store"... :good:
does encontrarás mean "find"? (It means "you will find" :good:)
does dando vuelta mean "turning"? :good:
Corrections above.
I guess it means to turn the corner of a street in a car. ;)
It just means "turning", it could be walking, driving-- it's not specified.

[Jessica]

oh ok would it mean a thing that's turning and turning ? (spinning and spinning) or is that a different word?