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Idioms with verb “quitar” Posted by Adir on Apr 22, 2013
Hello, there! A couple of weeks ago I posted about how to use the verb quitar correctly, because it is so similar to sacar. Today I am going to teach you some idioms, those expressions that always give us a hard time due to the fact that they don’t usually mean what their independent…
What the %$# are you talking about? Posted by Adir on Apr 19, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Cómo están ustedes hoy? Espero que estén todos pasándola regio. What? You don’t understand what pasarla regio means? Well, you’re not alone and in today’s post I’m going to show you some situations where people don’t understand what was said and use colloquial expressions in Spanish. ¿Están listos? Dialogue 01 – Two people talking…
How do you say “as blind as a bat” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Apr 15, 2013
Hey everybody! Did you have a good weekend?! We all know that knowing many words and word combinations helps a lot when we are trying to speak a foreign language. In English we say expressions like He’s as blind as a bat. as cool as a cucumber. as right as rain. as mad as a…
Spelling quiz with audio – the answers! Posted by Adir on Apr 12, 2013
Hello, everybody! Here are the answers to Wednesday’s spelling quiz. U or Ü? agÜilla [a little trickle of water] agÜuero [omen, luck] ágUila [eagle] cagUeta [chicken, coward] cegUera [blindness] cigÜeña [stork] gUerra [war] gUitarra [guitar] gUiñar [to blink] higUera [fig tree] hogUera [bonfire] jugUete [toy] lingÜística [linguistics] pingÜino [penguin] segUir [to follow] sigUiente [following] trigUeño [olive-skinned] yegÜero [mare caretaker] zagUero [rear, back – sports] QU or CU? CUaderno [notebook] CUando [when] QUinientos [five hundred] CUanto [how much]…
Spelling quiz with audio Posted by Adir on Apr 10, 2013
Hi, there! Let’s take a spelling quiz en español. Listen to the audio then choose between the two options presented. Are you ready? Let’s start! U or Ü? ag__illa [a little trickle of water] ag__uero [omen, luck] ág__ila [eagle] cag__eta [chicken, coward] ceg__era [blindness] cig__eña [stork] g__erra [war] g__itarra [guitar] g__iñar [to blink] hig__era [fig…
Humor in (clean) Spanish Posted by Adir on Apr 8, 2013
Hello, there! Let’s kick off this week with some short jokes en español. This time I didn’t translate them, I only added a small glossary to every joke. So, enjoy! 01. Tres estudiantes andaluces viven en pensión, y hablan de cómo son sus habitaciones. – La mía est tan pequeña que cuando me acuesto tengo…
Song: “Te perdiste, mi amor” by Prince Royce and Thalía Posted by Adir on Apr 5, 2013
Teen heartthrob Prince Royce was featured in Thalia’s new album, Habítame Siempre and they sang a very cool duet with easy lyrics that are easy to sing along. Let’s kick off the weekend with this very cute bachata called Te perdiste, mi amor. Notice that the song brings several irregular verb in the past like…