Spanish Word of the Day
Sunday, August 19, 2012
conquistar
verb: to conquer
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Spanish conquistar has a literal meaning which is obvious from its similarity to English conquer:
España es uno de los países
conquistados por los Romanos. Spain is one of the countries conquered by the Romans. -
From this meaning come two others. Conquistar can refer to winning a sporting title:
España es uno de los países
conquistados por los Romanos. Spain is one of the countries conquered by the Romans.Sigue siendo favorito paraconquistar el título. She is still favorite to win the title. -
And it can refer to winning someone over:
España es uno de los países
conquistados por los Romanos. Spain is one of the countries conquered by the Romans.Sigue siendo favorito paraconquistar el título. She is still favorite to win the title.Laconquistó con su sonrisa. He won her over with his smile.
