Tag Archives: Spanish Culture
Song: “Te perdiste, mi amor” by Prince Royce and Thalía Posted by Adir on Apr 5, 2013
Teen heartthrob Prince Royce was featured in Thalia’s new album, Habítame Siempre and they sang a very cool duet with easy lyrics that are easy to sing along. Let’s kick off the weekend with this very cute bachata called Te perdiste, mi amor. Notice that the song brings several irregular verb in the past like…
A different celebration on Women´s day: going to an Art exhibition. Posted by Magda on Apr 4, 2013
Hace algunas semanas fue el Día de la mujer Trabajadora. Aunque las mujeres han alcanzado con éxito muchos logros, aún queda mucho camino por andar. La violencia doméstica es todavía una realidad, la discriminación en el trabajo, y la estabilidad laboral son todavía cargas en nuestra sociedad. Se tomaron diferentes iniciativas por todo el mundo…
Easter Spanish desserts: Torrijas Posted by Magda on Mar 29, 2013
Como seguro que ya sabéis, una de mis cosas favoritas en relación con las fiestas en España es la cantidad de postres típicos que tenemos para cada una de ellas. La variedad para Semana Santa es enorme (he compartido algunas recetas en posts previos), y hoy quiero compartir con vosotros la forma más sencilla de…
Easter vocabulary, a quick review Posted by Magda on Mar 28, 2013
Easter is here once more! As I have talked about our traditions in some previous posts (Semana Santa in Spain and La Saeta, sentir flamenco) today I want to make a quick review of some words you’ll hear everywhere if you are spending these days in Spain. Saeta: Flamenco verse sung at processions in Holy…
Argentinean series: Graduados Posted by Adir on Mar 8, 2013
Hi, everybody! How’s it going? I went to Buenos Aires in 2010 and while strolling along Calle Florida I stopped at a newsstand and bought some magazines, mostly teen ones. Yesterday I was cleaning up my room and found a copy of Pop Star magazine and decided to go to their website. There I found…
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…
Song: Ley de Newton, with Beatriz Luengo and Reik Posted by Adir on Feb 13, 2013
Hey, everybody! Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day so I chose a very cute song by Spanish singer Beatriz Luengo featuring Jesús Navarro, from Mexican band Reik. I always give you the translated lyrics, but today I’m going to do differently: below you will see a glossary with the most difficult words and expressions and I challenge…