{"id":14873,"date":"2025-06-19T03:22:57","date_gmt":"2025-06-19T02:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/?p=14873"},"modified":"2026-02-18T18:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:35:00","slug":"palabras-al-vuelo-ep-1-bochorno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/palabras-al-vuelo-ep-1-bochorno\/","title":{"rendered":"Palabras al vuelo Ep.1: Bochorno \ud83c\udfa7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2659\" src=\"\/files\/spanish\/blog\/2025\/05\/bochorno.png\" alt=\"a man feeling the extreme heat\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Spanish Vocabulary and Expressions<\/h2>\n<p>In our \u201cPalabras al vuelo\u201d podcast series, you\u2019ll listen to Kwiziq teachers Inma and Silvia\u2019s light-hearted chats in Spanish, where they chat about a specific word or idiomatic expression in Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>To help you practise your listening skills, these podcasts will often be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons and interesting links to go further! 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That same red-faced, sweaty discomfort.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd39 Common across Latin America<br \/>\nWidely used in Mexico, the Caribbean, parts of Central and South America and Spain, mainly in the south, where the temperatures are higher.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s especially relevant in tropical summers, where afternoon storms brew after hot, sticky mornings.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83d\udd04 Derivatives of bochorno<\/h3>\n<p>1. <em>Abochornar<\/em> (verb)<br \/>\nMeaning: To make someone feel embarrassed, ashamed or flustered.<\/p>\n<p><em>Me abochorn\u00f3 con ese comentario delante de todos.<\/em><br \/>\nHe embarrassed me with that comment in front of everyone.<\/p>\n<p>2. <em>Abochornado \/ Abochornada<\/em> (adjective \/ past participle)<br \/>\nMeaning: Embarrassed, flustered or emotionally overwhelmed.<\/p>\n<p><em>Estaba tan abochornada que no pod\u00eda ni levantar la mirada.<\/em><br \/>\nShe was so embarrassed that she couldn\u2019t even lift her gaze.<\/p>\n<p><em>Juan sali\u00f3 abochornado de la sala tras darse cuenta de que llevaba la camisa al rev\u00e9s.<\/em><br \/>\nJuan left the room embarrassed after realizing he was wearing his shirt inside out.<\/p>\n<p>3. <em>Bochornoso \/ Bochornosa<\/em> (adjective)<br \/>\nMeaning = shameful (referring to a situation)<\/p>\n<p><em>Es una situaci\u00f3n bochornosa.<\/em><br \/>\nIt\u00b4s a shameful situation.<\/p>\n<p><em>Estaba tan borracho que se puso a contar chistes verdes a su suegra &#8211; \u00a1qu\u00e9 bochornoso!<\/em><br \/>\nHe was so drunk that he started telling dirty jokes to his mother-in-law \u2014 how embarrassing!<\/p>\n<p><em>Sinceramente, el comportamiento de Miguel ayer me pareci\u00f3 bochornoso.<\/em><br \/>\nTo be honest, Miguel&#8217;s behaviour yesterday was very shameful.<\/p>\n<h3>\ud83d\udcda Where the word comes from<\/h3>\n<p>Origin: The Real Academia de la Lengua Espa\u00f1ola (RAE) says that it comes from the latin &#8220;vulturnus&#8221; (a warm wind from the east)<\/p>\n<p>Over time, it became both a weather term and an expression for emotional heat (embarrassment, shame).<\/p>\n<h3>\u270f\ufe0f\u00a0<strong>Practice More!<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Would you like to explore more on the topic of &#8220;weather\/climate&#8221;?<br \/>\nYou can try these different activities:<\/p>\n<p>Fill-in-the-gaps:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/my-languages\/spanish\/tests\/overview\/294605\">La eterna primavera de Gran Canaria<\/a> (A1)<\/p>\n<p>Reading and listening:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/learn\/reading\/calor-o-frio\">\u00bfCalor o fr\u00edo?<\/a> (A2)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/learn\/reading\/ropa-de-invierno\">Ropa de invierno<\/a> (C1)<\/p>\n<p>Writing challenge: (only for Premium users)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/my-languages\/spanish\/exercises\/overview\/196\"> Mediterranean climate<\/a> (A2)<\/p>\n<p>Dictation: (only for Premium users)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/\/my-languages\/spanish\/exercises\/overview\/180\">\u00a1Qu\u00e9 calor!<\/a> (B1)<\/p>\n<div id=\"kwiz-app\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-url=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/api\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Test your Spanish against the CEFR standard\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-url=\"https:\/\/spanish.kwiziq.com\/blog\/palabras-al-vuelo-ep-1-bochorno\/\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-return-title=\"Palabras al vuelo Ep.1: Bochorno \ud83c\udfa7\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-questionspercomp=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-token=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-template=\"\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-kwizkey=\"sorter\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spanish Vocabulary and Expressions In our \u201cPalabras al vuelo\u201d podcast series, you\u2019ll listen to Kwiziq teachers Inma and Silvia\u2019s light-hearted chats in Spanish, where they chat about a specific word or idiomatic expression in Spanish. 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