¡Hola Robin! Glad you hear that you found this exercise useful! Hasta pronto, Shui.
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Shui is KwizIQ's COO and Head of Languages. She is an experienced technical writer, translator and project manager. Shui grew up bilingual English-Spanish in the UK, completing her studies in London, Madrid and Paris where she now lives. She speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian. Her love of languages and technical knowledge make her a perfect fit for KwizIQ.
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¡Hola Alan! Albondiga does indeed come from arabic ("bunduqa" = ball). Well done!
However the origin of almuerzo remains unclear and the Real Academia believe it comes from the Latin "admordiare" - itself from the verb "mordere" meaning to bite (compare to morder in modern Spanish). Don't despair though, you were quite right to think of it as there's some debate around whether it is a hybrid Arabic-Latin word! Depending on how advanced your Spanish is there was an interesting article about it in El Mundo a few years ago: http://www.elmundo.es/blogs/elmundo/paco-a-la-naranja/2014/09/14/al-morsus-de-cabila-laculturadelalmuerzo.html
Thanks for reminding me about this!
Best Shui
Very interesting and very useful, thanks Shui.