Mignon Fogarty on Nostr: I'm doing a Spanish lesson before I start writing (another way to procrastinate!), ...

I'm doing a Spanish lesson before I start writing (another way to procrastinate!), and I just learned that what we call board games in English are called table games in Spanish (juegos de mesa).

In casinos, the games played at tables are called table games, so I imagine this could cause some confusion for people.

It's also interesting to me because I have an upcoming segment on calques, which are literal translations, like when Spanish-speaking people say they are going to "make a party."