Tag Archives: Spanish Vocabulary
Poetry in Spanish: Borges and Cortázar Posted by Paula on Aug 25, 2016
These days we celebrate the anniversary of Jorge Luis Borges’s and Julio Cortázar’s birthdays, in 1899 and 1914, respectively. If you are not familiar with these names, you should run to the closest bookstore and grab any of their books (personally, I recommend El aleph and Historias de cronopios y de famas). They are the most…
Spanish proverbs: Refranes sobre el agua Posted by Paula on Jun 30, 2016
To continue with the topic of Spanish proverbs, today we focus on those that talk about or are related to water. Water is a fluid element that is essential to life, and as such can take on many different symbolic meanings. Add that to the natural creativity of a language and you will have a myriad…
Spanish proverbs: Los refranes Posted by Paula on May 25, 2016
Popular wisdom usually takes the form of a proverb. All languages have them, and sometimes proverbs combine knowledge on a topic, with puns and rhythm. In Spain, there is a tradition of proverbs that go back to the epic poem Mio Cid. Let’s start with a proverb we use in English, “Spain is different“, coined by Franco’s…
Spanish Video: Human Anatomy and Physiology Posted by Paula on May 12, 2016
Today we will work a bit on the functions in Spanish of the different parts of the human body. Hoy aprenderemos algunas de las funciones en español de las diferentes partes del cuerpo humano. Video by Escuela Basica 24 de Junio ¡Hola, chicos! Hoy aprenderemos sobre las partes del cuerpo humano. Para esto, debes prestar mucha…
Poesía en español – Poetry in Spanish Posted by Paula on Apr 21, 2016
Poetry in Spanish has a tradition of more than 500 years. Today we will rejoice with some poems in Spanish from well known poets of the 20th century, so that you can practice the future tense in Spanish and also expand your vocabulary on love and feelings. Ya no será… by Idea Vilariño Ya no…
Basic Spanish: “What is this?” Posted by Paula on Mar 29, 2016
This post will help beginner students of Spanish. One of the first things we should learn in a new language is how to ask what something is. However, there are different situations and reasons we ask “What is X?” and they require different phrases. Let’s look at the different situations to learn which phrase to use in each…
Spanish video: El calentamiento global – Global warming Posted by Paula on Mar 3, 2016
¡Hola! Hoy vamos a practicar vocabulario para hablar del calentamiento global, efecto que produce muchas de las catástrofes naturales que mencionamos el martes. Today we are going to practice with vocabulary to talk about global warming, an effect that produces many of the natural disasters we mentioned on Tuesday. El calentamiento global Video by Lobato816 El sol…