Learning Spanish from years ago Many, many years ago, working in San Diego, California with several Mexicans from Tijuana, some of them were teaching me some basic Spanish. So, one day, I attempted to tell a pretty Mexican young lady that she had a pretty face. Well, I got 2 words mixed up. I was taught the word for "face" in Spanish was "gada" (spelling), and of course, I already knew that the word for "cow" was "baca". So, one worker asked me: "Tom, what you say?" So, I said it again. It was then that I found out that I had told this pretty Mexican gal: "You have a pretty cow". We all got a big laugh from that & I've never forgotten it.