Agua fresquita para el verano: el botijo. Posted by Magda on Jul 8, 2011
Cuando llega el calorcito, además de buscar una buena sombra siempre es agradable disfrutar de una bebida bien fría. Cuando estás en casa, es tan fácil como abrir el frigorífico para conseguir una. ¿Pero qué ocurría hace años, cuando este electrodoméstico no existía? Hubo que agudizar el ingenio para mantener comida y bebida libre de…
How to say “If I were you…” in Spanish Posted by Adir on Jul 7, 2011
We all want to give our opinion about something and sometimes people ask us for advice, so today I’m going to show you a very interesting way of expressing this: Yo que tú. Yo que tú means “if I were you” and it can be used with other pronouns too. Check out some examples: Yo…
Spanish Lesson Advanced 18 Vocabulario de la salud y medicina (Part 1) Posted by Laura & Adam on Jul 6, 2011
¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? Hoy vamos a ver vocabulario relacionado con la medicina. Enfermedades: Resfriado/constipado: cold La gripe: flu Paperas: mumps Depresión: depression Sarampión: measles SIDA (Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia Adquirida): AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) Cáncer: cancer Diabetes: diabetes Herpes: herpes Enfermedad de transmisión sexual: STD (Sexually Transmitted Disease) Hongos en la piel: skin fungus Anemia…
Idioms with the verb “hacer” Posted by Adir on Jul 1, 2011
The verb hacer (to make, to do) has several idioms and I chose four of them so you can improve your colloquial Spanish a little bit, ok? Let’s start off with the idiom hacer la pelota. Well, hacer la pelota is a very common idiom at the workplace, when an employee butters up the boss…
Review: Los Numerales Posted by Adir on Jun 30, 2011
You’ve been studying Spanish for some time but when it comes to numbers you hit a snag. What to do? Well, para decirte la verdad, understanding and using numbers is not an easy task, really, so you just need to practice until you master them. Now, below you have some sentences with numbers for you…
Un día difícil (with audio) Posted by Adir on Jun 28, 2011
Know those days when we get up on the wrong side of the bed, that is, nos levantamos con el pie izquierdo? Well, this is what happened to our Mexican friend Javier. Read this little paragraph and check some difficult words and expressions in the vocabulary list. Download audio Estoy enojadísimo. Tuve un día muy…
My one-day trip to Argentina Posted by Adir on Jun 27, 2011
Hey, there! How’s it going? During Carnival here in Brazil I went on a sea cruise down to Argentina and Uruguay. We only had one day to spend in Montevideo and Buenos Aires, so we got off the ship at 9 am, hopped in a cab and drove along these cities. Montevideo is a beautiful…