Tarjeta

Tarjeta
 

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for December 12, 2008

tarjeta - feminine noun (la) - card. Look up tarjeta in the dictionary

Mis tarjetas de presentación acaban de llegar en el correo.
My business cards just got here in the mail.

can it also be for birthday cards? like tarjeta de cumpleaños? or holiday cards?
presentación means business? it looks like presentation :P

A birthday card is una carta de cumpleaños.

A birthday card is also called una tarjeta de cumpleaños. :)

The card also could to be a car of your parents a post card or family card, when you sent a card to your brother or parents also grandfather, then I think the card could to be a family card.

Correction:

The card could also be a card from your parents, a postcard, or a family card. When you send a card to your brother, parents, or grandfather, I think that the card could be called a family card.

I see...2 meanings

I like to play cards = Me gusta jugar tarjetas

Is this right? Or is the word for cards different in this case?

I like to play cards.
Me gusta jugar naipes (Spain)
Me gusta jugar cartas (Mexico)

Una baraja is a set of playing cards.

Me gusta jugar (a las) cartas.
Me gusta jugar a los naipes.

Good call. I've known for years I leave out definite articles, you'd think I could correct the problem :(

why do you leave out definite articles?? :thinking:

This is going pretty far off-topic, since this thread is about the word tarjeta, but to answer you, I don't know why I sometimes leave them out.