Tarjeta

[DailyWord]

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.

[Jessica]

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

[poli]

Originally Posted by jchen

can it also be for birthday cards? like tarjeta de cumpleaños? or holiday cards?
presentación means business? it looks like presentation It's a cognate. In this case it translates a little better as introduction. So, a business card in Spanish is an "introduction card" like a letter of introduction in English :P

A birthday card is una carta de cumpleaños.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by poli

A birthday card is una carta de cumpleaños.

A birthday card is also called una tarjeta de cumpleaños.

[CrOtALiTo]

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.

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by CrOtALiTo

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.

[Jessica]

Originally Posted by Rusty

A birthday card is also called una tarjeta de cumpleaños.

I see...2 meanings

[bmarquis124]

I like to play cards = Me gusta jugar tarjetas

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

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by bmarquis124

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.

[Rusty]

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

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by Rusty

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

[Jessica]

why do you leave out definite articles??

[Tomisimo]

Originally Posted by jchen

why do you leave out definite articles??

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.