Spanish Word of the Day
Saturday, July 14, 2012
tostar
verb: to toast
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If you want toast in a Hispanic hotel, you might ask for pan tostado:
pan
tostado con mermelada toast with jam -
Another common way in which you use tostar is to talk about roasting coffee beans. Notice how the vowel of the infinitive changes:
pan
tostado con mermelada toast with jamSetuesta el café con una adicion de azucar. The coffee is roasted with some added sugar. -
But probably the most common way in which tostar is used is to do with tanning, or getting a suntan:
pan
tostado con mermelada toast with jamSetuesta el café con una adicion de azucar. The coffee is roasted with some added sugar.Fue la primera vez que vi ese rostrotostado . . It was the first time I saw that suntanned face.Mientras su mujer setuesta al sol, él juega a las cartas con sus amigotes. While his wife gets a suntan, he plays cards with his cronies.
