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How to gossip in Spanish! Posted by on Jul 14, 2011

¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va todo? Espero que muy bien. We all gossip, a little or a lot, and today I will give you some useful sentences if you want to talk about what someone has done or dish out some dirt, ¡en español! ¿Supiste lo que pasó? Did you know what happened? No vas a…

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Spanish Lesson Beginner 19 Comparisons Posted by on Jul 13, 2011

¡Hola a todos! Today we are going to see how to make comparisons in Spanish using the transport vocabulary we learned in our last beginner lesson. Más… que: More …. than Menos….que: Less …than Tan ….. como: As….as So, for example, if you want to say “smaller than” you will have to say “más pequeño…

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How to use algo, nada, alguien and nadie Posted by on Jul 12, 2011

Hey, what’s up? This post is for beginning students of Spanish and it’s about los indefinidos. Los indefinidos are words like algo,nada, alguien and nadie and these words are super useful. Check out how they’re used: Algo (something, anything) can be used in both affirmative and interrogative sentences. Algo is also used meaning kind of…

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Canción: Te Doy mi Vida, de Lucas Arnau Posted by 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…

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Agua fresquita para el verano: el botijo. Posted by 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…

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How to say “If I were you…” in Spanish Posted by 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…

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Spanish Lesson Advanced 18 Vocabulario de la salud y medicina (Part 1) Posted by 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…

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