Tag Archives: Spanish Vocabulary
“Aprendiendo a sentir”, un cuento. Posted by Magda on Jun 21, 2012
¿Os gustan los cuentos? Leer es siempre una buena opción para aprender un lenguaje: ayuda a obtener vocabulario, mejora la comprensión, y se disfruta haciéndolo. Estoy trabajando sobre cuentos con mis alumnos, así que pensé que quizá era buena idea compartir uno propio con vosotros. ¡Espero que lo disfrutéis! “Tan solo era un pequeño juguete…
More idioms in Spanish! Posted by Adir on Jun 13, 2012
Hey, everybody! Let’s learn some cool Spanish idioms and expressions today, shall we? 1. carta blanca – full authority, blank check. Tienen carta blanca para tomar las decisiones que encuentres correctas. [You have full authority to make the decisions you think are correct.] Quisiera que me dieras carta blanca para hacer lo que se me…
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…
Idioms with the word “polvo” Posted by Adir on May 15, 2012
¡Hola! Polvo is “dust”. You can limpiar or quitar el polvo (to dust something) and there are several idioms with it. Shall we learn some of them? The first idiom is hacer morder el polvo (literally to have someone bite the dust). It means “to defeat someone completely” or “to humiliate someone in a discussion”…
How to use the verb “pegar” in Spanish Posted by Adir on May 7, 2012
¡Buenos días! ¿Cómo están Uds. hoy? Today we are going to learn the several uses of the verb pegar. Pegar is a very common and useful verb in Spanish so let’s get down to work! Here are some useful collocations and uses of pegar: The first idea that comes to mind when we talk about…
Vocabulary differences in Latin American Spanish Posted by Adir on May 4, 2012
¡Hola! ¿Cómo estás? Latin American Spanish is a little different from the Spanish spoken in Spain and one of these differences happens in the verb coger. In Spain it means to take, to get, to fetch. In Latin American it is a very vulgar way to say “to have sex” (got my drift, right?). So…
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…