Learning new words in Spanish

I learned how to say ¨busted faucet¨ in Spanish after the man at the cyber cafe pointed to the sign with the words ¨busted faucet¨... after I´d turned on the busted bathroom faucet and shot water everywhere.

I learned how to say crutches when I had to ask for a pair after falling off my buddy´s roof and hurting my foot in an intense midnight game of hide and seek.

I learned how to say umbrella when I needed to buy one, the day after I´d soaked up a gallon of water walking four blocks to school in the sideways torrential Jerez rain.