
Day 32 · False Friend
A word about memory, not recording
Recordar
reh-kor-DAR — To 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.
"I once got a very odd look explaining, in English, that I "record" my grandmother's birthday every year."— Graciela