I'm learning Spanish, and dealing with the terror of being misunderstood.

I wish you could have been there. … I was presenting to a group and sensed I had used the wrong term in a sentence, so I tried to let them know I was embarrassed.

I spoke clearly into the microphone: "Estoy embarazada," which I thought sounded pretty close to the English words of what I meant. Why the shock on their faces? I was earnestly announcing that I was pregnant.

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