Spanish Lesson Advanced 37 Expresiones con colores Posted by Laura & Adam on Aug 7, 2012
Advanced level Spanish video lesson looking at many useful and commonly used Spanish expressions which all have references to colours. ¡Hola! ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver expresiones en español con colores. Como ya sabéis, en español tenemos muchísimas expresiones que usamos muy a menudo. Estas expresiones que vamos a ver se utilizan con mucha…
Let’s move! Posted by Adir on Aug 6, 2012
Moving is not always easy and sometimes it’s really necessary. Read the following dialogue between friends Helena and Silvia, who run into each other at the supermarket. Silvia is going to move and is super excited about it! Some words and expressions are translated and explained with more examples too, ok? Helena: Me he enterado…
Fútbol, y la canción del verano Posted by Magda on Aug 3, 2012
Quizá algunos de vosotros recordareis un post que escribí hace ya bastante tiempo: Surviving the World Cup. Y es que esta que os escribe de vez en cuando, ni entiende de fútbol, ni ganas tiene. Pero reconozco que la Roja ha estado imparable, ha ganado a sus rivales, y ha conseguido que el país casi…
Song + grammar = Aguacero (by Maía) Posted by Adir on Aug 2, 2012
We had Maía earlier this year on the Spanish blog with the song Ingenuidad and here she is again. I particularly love her song El Aguacero (The downpour) and it caught my attention because she uses two distinc forms of the future tense. Here are the lyrics to the song and the future tense forms…
Short story: The Wonderful Reel Posted by Adir on Jul 31, 2012
Hi, everybody! Today is July 31st so let’s welcome August with a very interesting short story, it’s called La Bobina Maravillosa (The Wonderful Reel). It talks about how we want things to happen fast in our lives and also how we may miss out on great things by not paying attention to details. Some words…
Spanish Lesson Intermediate 37 Popular Spanish idioms and proverbs Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 31, 2012
Hola ¿Cómo estáis? Hoy vamos a ver unos modismos y refranes populares españoles. Today we will see some commonly used Spanish idioms and proverbs. I very much hope that you enjoy gaining a closer insight into these interesting aspects of the Spanish language. An “Idiom” is a group of words with a meaning that is…
Humor: Tenía dos guaguas Posted by Adir on Jul 29, 2012
Some words have different meanings in Spanish and this is the case with the word guagua. In Cuba a guagua is a bus and in Chile it refers to a small baby. Read the following text: Una joven cubana que vivía en los Estados Unidos quería casarse a todo costo. En una fiesta conoció a…