Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
If we took a holiday… Posted by Adir on Apr 6, 2009
Everyone loves a holiday, but do you know how to say them in Spanish? Check out this list with American holidays and special times of the year! New Year’s Day – el día de Año Nuevo Valentine’s Day – el día de San Valentín Presidents’ Day – el día de los Presidentes St. Patrick’s Day…
Useful Prefixes Posted by Adir on Apr 2, 2009
I just love etymology, which is the study of the history of words. Sometimes you can learn the meaning of the word by looking at its prefixes and that helps a lot when you’re reading in Spanish without a dictionary (ever been through that?). Here are some very common prefixes in Spanish. aero-, “aire”, aeropuerto…
Expressions with “a” Posted by Adir on Mar 30, 2009
Here are some very interesting expressions with the preposition “a”. Check them out! A Dios rogando y con el mazo dando – being a hypocrite A grandes rasgos – in outline, broadly speaking A ojo de buen cubero – by rule of thumb A otro perro con ese hueso – Go try that on somebody…
El Tiempo – The Weather Posted by Adir on Mar 26, 2009
¡Hola a todos! Today our post will be about the weather. But I won’t bore you with a list of weather words in Spanish and English. It’s going to be a very good listening exercise because I have chosen a video from a very beautiful weather girl and I transcribed what she said so you…
You just have to learn them! Posted by Adir on Mar 24, 2009
OK, so your Spanish teacher taught you that basically words ending in -a take the article “la” and words ending in -o take the article “el”. Right? Not quite. There are words that defy categorization and there is no magic way to learn them other than study and remember their gender. Here’s a little list…
Spanish in Paraguay Posted by Adir on Mar 19, 2009
Paraguay has two official languages: Spanish and Guaraní. According to statistics, around 37% of Paraguayans speak only Guaraní, 50% speak Spanish and Guaraní, 7% speak only Spanish and 6% speak other indigenous languages. Here we have some very common words and expressions in Guaraní and their translation to Spanish. Ahániri – no Ama – lluvia…
Tools – Herramientas en español Posted by Adir on Mar 16, 2009
Aquí les traigo el vocabulario sobre herramientas y utensilios en español. Escuchen el audio y creen tajetas de vocabulario para estudiarlo; se lo recomiendo. La regadera – watering can La paleta – trowel La horca – pitchfork Las tijeras – scissors El rastrillo – rake La manguera – hose El tacho/ el cubo – bucket…