Monday, October 26, 2020

SPANISH to ENGLISH: Time to play the Word Puzzle (from NPR- aired on October 25th, 2020)

This last Sunday’s NPR on-air challenge of word puzzle was changing the Spanish words into English words by rearranging letters. You are given five-letter words in Spanish. For each one, rearrange the letters to spell a common, uncapitalized word in English.

Example: CESTA (basket) --> CASTE

 


    1.   TODOS (all or every)

 

    2.   TRUCO (trick)

 

    3.   BANCO (bank)

 

    4.   ARROZ (rice)

 

    5.   CINCO (five)

 

    6.   JABON (soap)

 

    7.   TORRE (tower)

 

    8.   PECHO (chest)

 

    9. HUESO (bone)

 

    10. ODIAR (to hate)

 

 


Answer Keys

    1.  stood

    2.  court

    3.  bacon

    4.  razor

    5.  conic

    6.  banjo

    7.  retro

    8.  epoch

    9.  house

    10.  Radio


*Picture Source: https://blog.parlam.com/best-english-to-spanish-translators/ 

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