Archive for February, 2012
Business slang expressions in Spanish Posted by Adir on Feb 13, 2012
Hey, there! How’ve you been? In all languages we have very interesting business slang expressions, and today we’ll take a look at some of them in Spanish. Our first expression is ser un trepa. Ser un trepa means to be a social climber, because trepar means to climb, especially a tree or a wall. This…
La Celestina, una casamentera española Posted by Magda on Feb 9, 2012
Si alguna vez habéis estado en España, o leído sobre nuestro país, probablemente habréis oído la palabra “pícaro”. La llamada picaresca es un tópico ampliamente conocido tanto en la cultura como en el carácter español. Tenemos pícaros famosos no solo en la vida real, sino también en literatura. ¿Recordáis mi post sobre el Lazarillo de…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 29 Useful conditional phrases Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 8, 2012
Hola ¿Qué tal? En la última clase de nivel intermedio, vimos las frases condicionales. Hoy vamos a ver unas expresiones con frases condicionales. In the last intermediate level Spanish lesson we looked at “Conditional Sentences”: what they are and how to construct them in Spanish. In this follow-on class we will look at some typical…
Song: Ingenuidad, by Maía Posted by Adir on Feb 7, 2012
Mónica Vives Orozco (Maía) es la única hija de Rafael Vives y Mónica Orozco. Creció en Pradomar, Puerto Colombia, a 15 km de Barranquilla. Se graduó de bachiller en el Colegio Alemán de Barranquilla. A la edad de 16 años participó en el concurso Colombia suena bien organizado por Sony Music, ganando como mejor solista…
Car problems, en español Posted by Adir on Feb 3, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va todo? We’re having great and warm weather here in Bebedouro (Brazil) and, as it’s summetime, it rains a lot. I was driving around town on Sunday evening when it started to rain and I saw this car in the middle of the street. It had surely broken down and its owner…
Spanish Lesson Beginner 29 Indefinite pronouns and adjectives in Spanish Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 1, 2012
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? In this Beginner Level Spanish lesson we will learn all about Spanish indefinite pronouns and adjectives. These are words such as some, any, something, and anything in English. As with English, the Spanish indefinite pronoun or adjective you use depends on whether the sentence is negative, positive or a question. In English…