Archive for 'Spanish Vocabulary'
Colloquial Spanish – Part 03 Posted by Adir on Feb 25, 2013
Hey, there! Today we have the third part of our colloquial Spanish series. This series of post has all those expressions that you wouldn’t find in a regular dictionary. ¿Están listos? ¿El gato te comío la lengua? – Cat got your tongue? ¡Mira quien habla! – Look who’s talking! ¿Y de qué sirve eso? –…
A different kind of social manifestations during Spanish Carnival: Chirigotas. Posted by Magda on Feb 21, 2013
If you read any Spanish newspaper, or you listen to any news on tv or radio, you´d probably already know the difficult situation that we are living in our country: unemployment, injustice, political corruption, loss of social rights, and more and more people desperate not knowing who will bring a solution. We have had protests…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 14 Spanish Verbs in the Present Tense (Part 2) Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 19, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today in this Spanish review lesson we will continue practicing how to describe things that we usually do using regular Spanish verbs and the Spanish Present Tense. Specifically we will practice the different verb endings that we use for a group of people, to say that “we” (nosotros) do something, to say…
Colloquial Spanish – Part 02 Posted by Adir on Feb 15, 2013
Hi, there! Continuamos con la series de posts sobre el español coloquial, aquellas expresions que no encuentras en tus libros de clase. Download audio Fue solo una mentira piadosa. – It was only a white lie. Esto es solo la punta del iceberg. – This is just the tip of the iceberg. ¡Me voy! –…
Valentine´s Day topic: What is this thing we call Love? Posted by Magda on Feb 14, 2013
¡Buenos días a todo el mundo! Hoy es San Valentín, y si estáis enamorados habréis comprado algún regalo bonito para vuestra persona amada. Si no lo estáis, es una buena oportunidad para compraros algo que realmente os guste, ¿no os parece? Flores, bombones, música, perfume, una cena romántica en un restaurante especial son algunas de…
Beginner Spanish Review Lesson 13 Spanish Verbs in the Present Tense (Part 1) Posted by Laura & Adam on Feb 12, 2013
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Today in this Spanish review lesson we will practice how to describe things that we usually do using regular Spanish verbs and the Spanish Present 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…
Los emoticons en español Posted by Adir on Feb 11, 2013
¡Hola! Let’s check out how some emoticons are translated into Spanish. Some of them we have in WordPress, some we don’t. Have fun! 🙂 Estoy (muy) feliz. – I’m (very) happy. 🙁 Estoy triste. – I’m sad. 😎 Llevo anteojos. – I wear glasses. 😀 Me muero de risa. – I’m laughing my butt off…