When youre studying the Spanish language, there may be a lot of words and known English terms in your head which could leave you hanging for the Spanish translation. Sometimes, its easier to hold on to the English word and then express the rest of the sentence in Spanish. We just think this way of communicating while still learning the Spanish language is excusable because anyway, it can be understood by the receiver.
But all great things come from small origins. When we allow ourselves to dwell on whats easier compared to whats right, we tend to carry this attitude to the end of our days or the time we learn and apply the entire language to say the least.
For instance, the English symbol @ can be translated in pure Spanish. Not so many people know this and probably other English words as well which we dont hear often used by native Spanish speakers. But this symbol has a Spanish translation which means arroba and the irony here is that this word has been around long before the word e-mail came to life.
Another interesting thing about arroba is that its been use originally for liquid measurement back in the day and though it wasnt considered the standard or...