If you want to know how to teach yourself Spanish vocabulary words online, I have some words that are "familiar" Spanish vocabulary words that you should learn. This is not vocabulary for travelers or tourists. This is the type of vocabulary for someone who has Spanish speaking friends and family members and who wants to sound more like a native Spanish speaker.

One thing that always makes me laugh about the Spanish language is how Spanish-speakers add "on" or "ona" to a body part in order to describe someone.

I have included some examples. In the first column the name of the body part appears and in the second column I have written the description that you get when you add "on" or "ona."

Por supuesto (of course), "on" is used when referring to a male and "ona" when referring to a female.

cachetes - cacheton(a) - big cheeked
cabeza - cabezon(a) - big headed
nariz - narizon(a) - big nosed
piernas - piernona - big legged
oreja - orejona - big earred
boca - bocona - big mouthed
tetas - tetona - big breasted
ojo - ojon(a) - big eyed
pies - pieson(a) - big footed
mano - manon(a) - big handed
culo - culona - big buttocked
caderas - caderona - big hipped

From what I have been told from some Colombian women, at one time the last two, "culona" and "caderona," were not considered the most complimentary ways to describe a woman, at least not compared to phrases such as "tetona." But with the popularity of Jennifer Lopez, terms such as "culona" and "caderona" have become very "halagador" (flattering) terms to use to describe Colombian women.

So I guess Jennifer Lopez has had the same effect on Colombia that she has had on America.

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