Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 6 Expressions of confirmation, supposition, surprise, concern Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 8, 2013
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a practicar unas expresiones que se usan mucho en español. Today we are going to practice some useful Spanish expressions of confirmation, supposition, surprise and concern. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link…
Spanish slang: camelar Posted by Adir on Oct 7, 2013
Hello, there! Let’s kick off this week with a very cool slang verb in Spanish: camelar. Here’s how it’s used: 1. to persuade or deceive someone Lo cameló para que le prestara dinero. She wangled some money off him. Me cameló para que le cuidara el gato dos semanas. He talked me into looking after…
Same sound, different spelling, different meaning Posted by Adir on Oct 2, 2013
¡Hola, todos! Hay palabras que tienen el mismo nombre por así decirlo, que son tocayas. Palabras que tienen igual o similar pronunciación, pero que tienen un significado diferente. Estas palabras pueden tener igual pronunciación, pero escribirse diferente y tener un significado también diferente. Son estas palabras las llamadas homónimas. A continuación veremos una lista de…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 5 How and when to use El Futuro Perfecto Posted by Laura & Adam on Oct 1, 2013
¡Hola a todos! Hoy vamos a practicar El Futuro Perfecto en español. Today we are going to practice the Spanish Future Perfect grammar tense. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end of the post and you can also follow a link with this post to watch the original…
Back in the day life was… Posted by Adir on Sep 30, 2013
Hello, there! We know things have changed in the last century so here’s a dialogue between Facundo and Gregorio,two friends talking about what things would be like if there weren’t computers, Internet or cell phones. Facundo: ¿Consigues imaginar cómo era la vida antes de las computadoras? Gregorio: No mucho. Mi abuelo tenía una máquina de…
Intermediate Spanish Review Lesson 4 El Presente de Subjuntivo with hopes and wishes Posted by Laura & Adam on Sep 24, 2013
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? En este video vamos a practicar uno de los usos del Presente de Subjuntivo. In this video we are going to practice using El Presente de Subjuntivo – the Spanish Present Subjunctive – when expressing hopes and wishes. Answers to all tasks involved in this lesson will be given at the end…
Animal idioms in Spanish Posted by Magda on Sep 19, 2013
As you know, we Spanish people have an old tradition of proverbs and sayings. There are many colloquial expressions using different animal names. Today we are going to review some of them. Instead of giving you the translation, I´ll provide several definitions and you have to choose the right option according to the meaning. I´ll…