Archive for July, 2011
Canción: Te Doy mi Vida, de Lucas Arnau Posted by Adir on Jul 11, 2011
Today we have a very cool song by Colombian singer Lucas Arnau. Here’s a little bio of him from Wikipedia: Lucas Arnau is a Colombian singer-songwriter who was born in Medellín, Antioquia on May 16, 1979. Arnau’s first album, “Un Poco Más” was produced by Jose Gaviria and Andres Munera in Miami, Florida and was…
Agua fresquita para el verano: el botijo. Posted by Magda on Jul 8, 2011
Cuando llega el calorcito, además de buscar una buena sombra siempre es agradable disfrutar de una bebida bien fría. Cuando estás en casa, es tan fácil como abrir el frigorífico para conseguir una. ¿Pero qué ocurría hace años, cuando este electrodoméstico no existía? Hubo que agudizar el ingenio para mantener comida y bebida libre de…
How to say “If I were you…” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Jul 7, 2011
We all want to give our opinion about something and sometimes people ask us for advice, so today I’m going to show you a very interesting way of expressing this: Yo que tú. Yo que tú means “if I were you” and it can be used with other pronouns too. Check out some examples: Yo…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 18 Vocabulario de la salud y medicina (Part 1) Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 6, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver vocabulario relacionado con la medicina. Enfermedades: Resfriado/constipado: cold La gripe: flu Paperas: mumps Depresión: depression Sarampión: measles SIDA (Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida): AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Cáncer: cancer Diabetes: diabetes Herpes: herpes Enfermedad de transmisión sexual: STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) Hongos en la piel: skin fungus Anemia…
Idioms with the verb “hacer” Posted by Adir on Jul 1, 2011
The verb hacer (to make, to do) has several idioms and I chose four of them so you can improve your colloquial Spanish a little bit, ok? Let’s start off with the idiom hacer la pelota. Well, hacer la pelota is a very common idiom at the workplace, when an employee butters up the boss…