Daily Spanish
A hedge maze seen from above
Day 32 · False Friend

A word about memory, not recording

Recordar

reh-kor-DARTo remember — NOT "to record"

"No recuerdo dónde dejé las llaves."
I don't remember where I left my keys.

"To record" (audio/video) is "grabar." This mix-up is common because the words look so alike, but the meanings don't overlap at all.

Graciela

"I once got a very odd look explaining, in English, that I "record" my grandmother's birthday every year."— Graciela