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DailyWord
October 21, 2009, 09:40 PM
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for October 20, 2009

pulmón (masculine noun (el)) — lung. Look up pulmón in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/pulmon)

El vapor descongestiona bien los pulmones.
Steam does a good job of clearing your lungs.

chileno
October 22, 2009, 07:02 AM
This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word (http://daily.tomisimo.org/) for October 20, 2009

pulmón (masculine noun (el)) — lung. Look up pulmón in the dictionary (http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/pulmon)

El vapor descongestiona bien los pulmones.
Steam does a good job of clearing your lungs.

This has always been a word that puzzles me.

Lung.

But there is a pulmonary unit in hospitals...How come it isn't lunganary...:rolleyes:

poli
October 22, 2009, 07:13 AM
I know you're joking, but it's true that English has a split personality. The
high-toned Latin-based multisylabic English, and the blunt Anglo-Saxon
English. I know that English is considered a germanic language, but Latin
is everywhere, so it's nearly a romance language.

I wonder why English is considered germanic when to me it seems equally
latinate. Is it the structure of the language:?:

chileno
October 22, 2009, 10:25 AM
I know you're joking, but it's true that English has a split personality. The
high-toned Latin-based multisylabic English, and the blunt Anglo-Saxon
English. I know that English is considered a germanic language, but Latin
is everywhere, so it's nearly a romance language.

I wonder why English is considered germanic when to me it seems equally
latinate. Is it the structure of the language:?:

:)

It's weird mix, to say the least. ;)

Shouldn't be "latinic"? :eek:

CrOtALiTo
October 22, 2009, 12:08 PM
I don't believe correct the word steam in this phrase, really it speaks about the asthma illness, therefore there are medicaments for the witch helps to treatment to the same illness in the hospitals.

Therefore there in the phrase should to takes the medicament name.

laepelba
October 22, 2009, 03:46 PM
Crotalito - I think that the "bot" really DID mean to write steam. Some people breathe in steam (plain steam, created by boiling plain water) to help them clear up congestion in their lungs....

CrOtALiTo
October 22, 2009, 05:58 PM
The word it's weir, I mean it should say the medicament name.

Tomisimo
October 22, 2009, 08:02 PM
The word it's weir, I mean it should say the medicament name.
Steam is pretty much the only word for vapor. Vapor (in English) has a different meaning.