Espinilla

[DailyWord]

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for February 6, 2009

espinilla - feminine noun (la) - shin, shinbone. Look up espinilla in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/espinilla)

¿Por qué un golpe en la espinilla duele tanto?
Why does it hurt so much when you hit your shin?

[sosia]

Caution:
espinilla (bone): shin, shinbone
espinilla (face): blackhead
chico con espinillas:pimply
Saludos :D

[Tomisimo]

Thanks for that sosia, I missed it.

[chileno]

Hola Sosia,

Caution:
espinilla (bone): shin, shinbone
espinilla (face): blackhead
chico con espinillas:pimply
Saludos :D

In Spain, espinilla is blackhead?

In Chile espinilla is a zit and blackhead is "barro" or "punto negro" :-)

[Tomisimo]

In Mexico:

zit, pimple = barro, barrito
blackhead = punto negro

[chileno]

In Mexico:

zit, pimple = barro, barrito
blackhead = punto negro

Pimple was the other word i forgot to write. However, I did not know that barrito was the name for pimple in Mexico...

:-)

[sosia]

Sorry. :( My bad english missed me looking for the proper english word. Chileno is right.

espinilla: zit
blackhead: puntos negros
Saludos :D

[chileno]

Sorry. :( My bad english missed me looking for the proper english word. Chileno is right.

espinilla: zit
blackhead: puntos negros
Saludos :D

Hey, don't be sorry. :-)

I love it, because this way not only improves our English but it also helps our Spanish. :-)

[CrOtALiTo]

Also the word Espinilla is named as grano in Mexico, but I don't if am in the correct the word grano would be translate as grain?

[Tomisimo]

Also the word Espinilla is named as grano in Mexico, but I don't if am in the correct the word grano would be translate as grain?
Yes, grain is one of many meanings of grano.

grano (defecto en la cara) - zit, pimple
grano (trigo, avena etc) - grain