Monday, 8 September 2014

Palabra

Word of the Day for Monday 8th September 2014
Palabra - \pah-LAH-vrah\
noun
1. Spanish. a word. 
2. Spanish. speech; talk.
Quotes
To conquer or die is no theatrical palabra, in these circumstances, but a practical truth and necessity.
-- Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution, 1837
Origin
Palabra came to English from Spanish in the early 1600’s.

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