The fun of learning a second language...

Over dinner last week, some friends and I were talking about how Bolivian food is different from American food.

I told them that I had lost a significant amount of weight when I first got here because the food is so much fresher; I wasn´t eating any preservatives.

(Those of you who speak Spanish may see where this is going...)

I couldn´t remember the word for preservatives, but no matter, often an educated guess can be fairly accurate.

"Perdí muchos pesos, porque no estaba comiendo los preservativos..."

A few seconds of hysterical laughter later and I suddenly remembered...

The word for preservatives is "preservatífs".

"Preservativos" would be the Spanish word for "condoms".

Lovely...