Tag Archives: 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? –…
Oscar vocabulary quiz Posted by Adir on Feb 18, 2013
¡Hola! Next Sunday we will have the 85th Academy Awards so I decided to do a little movie vocabulary quiz for you. You have 14 words and their definitions in Spanish, taken from the online version of the Diccionario de la Real Academia Española (www.rae.es). Las palabras 1. Banda sonora ___ 2. Cámara ___ 3…
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! –…
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…
Spanish surviving sentences in a restaurant or a hotel (Answers) Posted by Magda on Feb 7, 2013
Last week we were talking about “surviving sentences in a bar or restaurant”. If you remember, I gave you some questions which some of you have answered quite well. Thanks so much Estrellita, Patricia Salerno, John and Marlene for your contributions. I’m giving you my version now, with a couple of quite interesting and funny…
How to ask for and give directions in Spanish Posted by Adir on Feb 6, 2013
Hey, there! Let’s learn several useful sentences for when you want to ask for and give directions in Spanish! General Sentences Download audio ¿Dónde puedo comprar…? – Where can I buy…? ¿Dónde hay un buzón cerca? – Where’s the nearest mailbox? ¿Cuántos sellos necesito para mandar esta carta? – How many stamps do I need…
Spanish surviving sentences in a restaurant or a hotel Posted by Magda on Jan 31, 2013
Good day everybody! Today´s post is intended to be a quick review and practical excercise on some typical expressions you will need when going into a bar, a restaurant or a hotel. I´m giving you the Spanish one, and the idea is that you try to translate them into English, and provide some answer to…