Learning English as a native Spanish speaker? Stop using these English words incorrectly when you are speaking English!
First of all, I just want to say that these are all words that now "exist" in Spanish, and that means that saying these words in Spanish are now technically correct! Languages grow and adapt and take words from other languages and that's okay.
BUT! When you are speaking the original language of the phrases, you must respect the grammar and learn to use them correctly. So let's begin!
1. Home office: Ahora, por la pandemia hay que hacer home office.
What it really means: La oficina en tu casa
What you should say: Work from home
Home office is a LOCATION not a way you work. This phrase became popular because of the pandemic but you cannot use this to say you are working from home. You just simply say you are working from home. That's it!
2. Notebook: Me compré un nuevo notebook. Es un macbook pro.
What it really means: Cuaderno
What you should say: Laptop
Okay to clarify, sometimes "notebook" is used to mean "laptop". However, it is not the common word in English and can cause a lot of confusion if you are speaking to English native speaker. If you say "Can I see your notebook in your backpack?" I can guarantee you, 100% of the time, the person will take out a paper book for taking notes, not a computer. It's called a "laptop"!
3. Hacer Bullying does NOT translate to "to do bullying".
What is wrong: It's grammatically incorrect.
What you should say: To bully
Bullying is a noun, yes. But because it's an anglicism in Spanish, they attached "hacer" before but in English, it's also a verb! To bully, or bullying, are both the form that are unconjugated. Bully is a verb! So use it as a verb, not just a noun. This is very weird to me, how it is used in Spanish, because of how short and flexible I know the word can be in English. Let's practice with this one.
No me hagas bullying! >>> Don't bully me!
I hope this helps!
