Tag Archives: Spanish Culture
How many cows do you have? Posted by Adir on Jul 9, 2012
Oftentimes we are caught up in doing so much stuff in our daily lives like studying, working, worrying, trying to make more money, etc., that we don’t stop to appreciate life as it is. I am one of those people, I never stop, I’m always reading something, checking e-mail, online on Facebook, Twitter and it…
Lanjarón: Fiesta del agua y del jamón Posted by Magda on Jun 28, 2012
Hace pocos días fue San Juan, y estoy segura de que sabéis que esta es una celebración muy especial en España. Podéis leer el post que escribí al respecto pinchando aquí. Hoy quiero explicar cómo se celebra en un lugar en concreto: Lanjarón. Lanjarón es una pequeña ciudad situada en la parte occidental de la…
Proverbs in Spanish: the comeback! Posted by Adir on Jun 10, 2012
Hi, there! Back in 2008 I wrote a little post with some Spanish proverbs and sayings and today I’m going to give you some more common wisdom sentences so you can show off your Spanish a little bit more! We don’t usually blurt out sayings and proverbs so here are some sentences to introduce your…
Cartoon names in Spanish! Posted by Adir on Jun 7, 2012
Hey, everybody, how’s it going? I grew up in the 80’s and we used to watch lots of Hanna Barbera’s cartoons after school. So I decided to look for some these characters’ names and share them with you guys! Let’s go for it! Los Pitufos – The Smurfs Los Picapiedra – The Flintstones Los Supersónicos…
How to talk to foreigners, en español Posted by Adir on Jun 6, 2012
I know that you, my dear reader, is a very helpful person and when you see people in distress, you feel that uncontrollable urge to help, right? So this post today basically has some very useful questions to be asked when you want to lend a foreigner a helping hand. This time you will see…
Review: Dichos y refranes populares Posted by Adir on May 11, 2012
Spanish is full of dichos and refranes populares. Here are some of them: “El que con lobos anda aullar se enseña.” “Al mal tiempo buena cara.” “Siempre quiebra la soga por lo más delgado.” “A buen sueño no hay mala cama.” “Al que a buen árbol se arrima, buena sombra no cobija.” “Querer es poder.”…
Traveling in Spanish – Useful Sentences Before You Go Posted by Adir on Apr 17, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo te va todo? I don’t know about you, but I love traveling and talking about it, preparing your itinerary is awesome too. So today we’re going to learn some cool and useful sentences to talk about your trips, before you go! ¿Empezamos? Me voy de viaje a … el mes que viene. [I’m…