Saturday - Spanish Day

During the rare moments when I have some down time at work, I read La Nacion, the Costa Rican newspaper, to try and practice my Spanish. It's fun reading the paper cause I learn some great (and sometimes pretty random) vocab words. Here's the latest batch:

amenazas - threats

apaciguar - to pacify

aportar - to contribute

astucia - shrewdness, craftiness

cargo - post;position;office

dechado - paragon

desarrollo - development

portavoz - spokesperson

respaldar - to support; back

tasa - rate

PS. Most of these came from an article about Iran - except I think tasa came from a little blurb about swine flu (gripe porcina).