Word of the Week

The other day while reading an article about Ayahuasca (psychoactive infusion) I came across this word “Entheogen”, so through this next, I’m going to add at least a new word each week to my lexicon, not only in English, but also in Spanish and German. So hopefully I’m going to be posting every week one new word that I find interesting and that you can also find interesting.

English:

Entheogen: (Enteógeno, Entheogen) in strict sense, is a psychoactive substance used in a religious, psychotherapeutic, recreational, shamanic, or spiritual context. Historically, entheogens were mostly derived from plant sources and have been used in a variety of traditional religious contexts.

German:

Ridge: (Traffic Island, Camellón) is a solid or painted object in a road that channelises traffic. It can also be a narrow strip of island between roads that intersect at an acute angle. If the island uses road markings only, without raised kerbs or other physical obstructions, it is called a painted island.

Spanish:

Abeto: (Fir tree, Tannen) are a genus of 48–55 species of evergreen conifers in the family Pinaceae. They are found through much of North and Central America, Europe, Asia, and North Africa, occurring in mountains over most of the range. Firs are most closely related to the cedars (Cedrus); Douglas-firs are not true firs, being of the genus Pseudotsuga.