a brief list of words that I did not know in Spanish before today:
abastada
ambages
cafars
certidumbre
ensanchamiento
estrechez
modalidades
querellaban
(and my personal favorite)
cotidianeidad

in other news:
for the time being, my bike will be known as The Spanish Inquisition. Perhaps in a couple of weeks I will change its name to something more positive. Primoz, perhaps. Either way, my bicycle has made my ass sore. And until that soreness goes away, I think The Spanish Inquisition will suit it just fine.