Mecha

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for January 8, 2009

mecha - feminine noun (la) - wick, fuse. Look up mecha in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/mecha)

A veces es difícil encender una vela porque la mecha no tiene cera.
Sometimes it's hard to light a candle because the wick doesn't have any wax on it.

[Jessica]

in English, mecha is a huge robot.

[poli]

A person with a mecha corta is someone with a shot temper or similarly a short fuse.

[Tomisimo]

in English, mecha is a huge robot.
Not everyone is familiar with that word, only sci-fi and anime lovers. :)

[Jessica]

oh, right. :)