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Podcast tip: the Latin Grammys Posted by Adir on Oct 24, 2011
Hey, everybody! The Latin Grammys will be held this year on November 10 and will be broadcast on TV channel Univisión. If you have Univisión in your house this is a great opportunity to improve your Spanish listening skills, listen to great Latin music and the Latin Grammys site has something new this year: podcasts!…
Song: No Me Dejes de Querer, by Gloria Estefan Posted by Adir on Oct 21, 2011
Everybody loves Gloria Estefan, and although she has released a new single called Wepa I’d like to go back in time a few years and offer you this great song from her 2000 album Alma Caribeña (Caribbean Soul). Gloria is known as “the Queen of Latin Pop” and has sold over 100 million albums worldwide…
Keep in shape, en español Posted by Adir on Oct 17, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Cómo les va todo? We all know how good exercising is for our health so today’s post has a small dialogue between two guys who bump into each other. One leads a healthy lifestyle and the other one not so much, check it out. Juan: ¡Hombre, tú sí que estás en forma! (Man, you’re…
Heavenly expressions in Spanish Posted by Adir on Oct 13, 2011
Hi, everybody! Let’s take a look at some “heavenly” expressions that are used in Spanish. Como Dios me dio a entender – Following my intuition – No tenía ni idea de como montar una tienda de campaña, así que lo hice como Dios me dio a entender. (I had no idea how to set up…
Perífrasis verbal: liarse a + infinitivo Posted by Adir on Oct 10, 2011
Hi, everybody! Espero que estén todos bien. Today let’s take a look at the verb phrase liarse a followed by the infinitive in Spanish. This phrase expresses the beginning of an action where its timespan is not clearly perceived, because you basically do something and lose track of time. People usually use this perífrasis to…
Vocabulary test: answers Posted by Adir on Oct 6, 2011
Hey, there! Here are the answers to this week’s vocabulary test. 1. A uno que no le gusta gastar dinero, prefiriéndolo ganar y guardar, se le llama amarrete / mendrugo. 2. A quien le gusta decir muchas palabrotas, se le llama deslenguado. 3. Cuando uno no tiene habilidad para una cosa, se dice que es…
Vocabulary test: adjectives to describe people Posted by Adir on Oct 4, 2011
Hi, there! Instead of giving you a boring list of adjetives to describe people, I decided to prepare a little test for you. I will give you a sentence and you will have to choose an adjective from the list below that corresponds to that definition. Remember to make good use of your dictionary, take…