Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
At the doctor’s office, en español Posted by Adir on Feb 17, 2012
We all get sick sometime and suppose you come down with something in a Spanish-speaking country? How are you going to deal with it? Well, here we have some very useful sentences for you to use if, God forbid, you get sick abroad. ¿Cuál es el problema? – What’s the matter? ¿Hace cuánto tiempo se…
Nationalities in Spanish Posted by Adir on Feb 16, 2012
Knowing how to say where you’re from in a foreign language is very important, and so is understanding where someone is from. In this post we’ll learn some common countries or regions and nationalities in Spanish. África – africano(a) Alemania – alemán, alemana Argentina – argentino(a) Australia – australiano(a) Austria – austríaco(a) Bélgica – belga…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 29 Expresiones con la palabra “leche” Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 15, 2012
In this advanced level Spanish lesson we will look at lots of very commonly used Spanish expressions which all feature the word “leche”, such as “a toda leche”, “ser la leche”, and “de mala leche”. Hola ¿Qué tal os va todo? Estoy segura de que todos conocéis la palabra “leche” en español. Poy vamos a…
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…
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…
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…