Lentes

Lentes
 

This is a discussion thread for the Daily Spanish Word for October 13, 2009

lentes (masculine noun (los)) — glasses. Look up lentes in the dictionary

A veces me da dolor de cabeza si no uso mis lentes.
Sometimes I get a headache if I don't use my glasses.

Where is "lentes" used and where is "anteojos" used?

I have always used 'gafas'

Where did you learn your Spanish, Perikles?

Vivo en Tenerife. :)

Please excuse my ignorance. I have never heard of Tenerife. I see that under your location, but I don't know where it is.

Lentes, anteojos y gafas are use interchangeably... :)

Tenerife is one of the 7 Canary Islands, in the Atlantic, near the coast of Africa. It is part of Spain. Everybody speaks Spanish, but the vocabulary is sometimes very strange. :)

Tenerife is a huge volcano, by the way.

Thanks, Perikles. I have definitely heard of the Canary Islands! What English-speaking country are you originally from?

Hernan - they are interchangeable EVERYwhere? Or only in certain countries?

In this case it is interchangeable but I guess in some countries one term will be used more than the other two. I am almost certain that in most countries everybody will know what each of these terms means. :)

We say "gafas". "Lentes" are the cristals used to make glasses, telescopes, microscopes, etc.:

Un telescopio está formado por dos lentes.
En los microscopios se pueden combinar varios tipos de lentes.
Tengo que cambiar los cristales de mis gafas: me van a poner lentes progresivas.
Las lentillas se conocen como "lentes de contacto".

Of course, this is like this in Spain ;)

England :D:D

Thanks for those examples, Irma. VERY helpful. And thank you for pointing out that these are usages from Spain. So, basically, if I misplace my glasses in Peru, I have to encontrar mis gafas. But if the lens pops out, I need a new lente. :D

Some day I want you to tell us about how you ended up in a lovely tropical place like the Canary Islands having come from England. (Or is it in another thread somewhere that I missed?)

Lente = lens in English.

My glasses have two lenses.

Lens = lente, lupa, cristal

Perikles, ¿vienes a por mí? :eek:

I appreciate your help. Go on, please ;)

no entiendo :thinking::thinking:

I was joking, because you've corrected me twice running. Nothing important :D

OK - but can you tell me what ¿vienes a por mí? means?

Does it mean "are you getting at me?" ? :)

Yes, I think so, to get at = ir a por, meterse con (though I'm not sure at all :thinking: )

Has anyone ever heard "anteojos"? I've heard that term used also for glasses.