Tag Archives: Spanish Vocabulary
Redundancy in Spanish Posted by Karoly Molina on Jul 5, 2018
Many Spanish speakers (native and non-native) are victims of redundancy. Some of these mistakes are simply because we are speaking in translation while others go much deeper in language use. Below is a list of the most common pleonasmos or redundancies/repetitions in Spanish. Subir arriba/ bajar abajo This is perhaps the most common pleonasmo in Spanish, and it…
Possessive Adjectives in Spanish Posted by sasha on Jan 17, 2018
One thing that can trip up beginner learners of Spanish is possessive adjectives. You have to think about whether the noun you’re referring to is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. There’s also the same word for your, his, her, its, and their! We’re here to help you sort through it all with an easy…
Spanish Power Verbs – Gustar Posted by sasha on Jan 8, 2018
When you’re a beginner at Spanish, a great strategy is to master a handful of power verbs to get you speaking. For those who are traveling in the Spanish-speaking world and really just need to survive, getting the hang of some key power verbs allows you to express basic things like needs and wants. Go…
Spanish Power Verbs – Querer Posted by sasha on Nov 15, 2017
In our first post about Spanish power verbs, we learned how to use necesitar (to need). Since we’ve learned how to express needs, we might as well move on to learn how to express wants. In this post, we’ll look at the Spanish power verb querer (to want). Conjugation in Simple Present Once again, we’re…
Spanish Power Verbs – Necesitar Posted by sasha on Sep 20, 2017
When you’re a beginner at any language, you want to learn some useful words and grammatical structures that can help you get speaking. In a new series here, we’ll be looking at some power verbs in Spanish. First up, we’ll practice using the verb necesitar (to need). Whether you’re in Spain, Argentina, or Mexico, being…
How to rent an apartment in Latin America and Spain (2) Posted by Paula on Nov 21, 2016
This Monday we discussed how to rent an apartment in Spanish. We learnt Spanish vocabulary related to the process of renting an apartment in America. Now we will see the differences with European Spanish. To begin with, we talk about ” un piso” and not “un apartamento”, very much like the UK-US difference between “flat”…
How to rent an apartment in Latin America and Spain (1) Posted by Paula on Nov 14, 2016
A huge part of growing up is related to being able to move out of your parents’ house. One of the options is renting out an apartment (or flat). You surely know how to do this in English, but what happens if you plan on moving to a Spanish-speaking country? Is alquilar the same as rentar?…