For today’s expression I will slowly build up from things you might already know. Let’s start with basic “ser de”, meaning being original of a…
[Jorge Diz Pico]
Articles and asks from a Tumblr about teaching Castilian Spanish to foreigners.
For today’s expression I will slowly build up from things you might already know. Let’s start with basic “ser de”, meaning being original of a…
Your blog is amazing! I just wish I would have found it before I came to Spain. I was studying in Euskal Herria. Ill be…
Do you have any favorite/particular Spanish expression you use the most? Do you know churros? They are a kind of pastry commonly taken for breakfast,…
Time for a handy comparison. Here’s the full saying: El perro del hortelano, ni come ni deja comer.The farmer’s dog, it does not eat nor…
A short entry restating something that I feel needs emphasizing. Many teachers, specially those with Latin American backgrounds, tend to skip teaching vosotros in Spanish…
Are you a native Spanish speaker or did you learn it? I’m a native Spanish speaker. I was born and raised in Coruña, Galicia. I…
Time for a word that, as far as I know, has no English equivalent and it’s actually quite difficult to explain succintly. A puente is…
No more posts? Any more expressions from Spain you could teach us? I am getting many asks like this wondering where I went and if…
Any more expressions in Spain you could teach us? Here’s one I just used today: Sordo como una tapiaDeaf as a wall A tapia is…
thank you so much for your help! 🙂 No problem! I assume you were the one that asked about Maravall’s sentences. I hope they were…
I was wondering if you could help me with these sentences from Jose Antonio Maravall? ‘llevado del propositio de dar un giro a este tono…
What are some popular/commonly used idiomatic phrases in Spain? I’m actually not a fan of open-ended questions like this. I feel like they force me…
On the fijo/seguro topic, I personally wouldn’t use fijo as creo Though fijo can also be the first person singular present form of the verb…
You might already be familiar with seguro, since it can be used at all levels of registry and has a longer history, but fijo has…
Thank you! I’m going to Spain for the next 6 months & I will follow your blog with a passion… learning more & more to…
Please make more posts! Thank you! 🙂 My first question, how exciting! Rest assured, more entries are coming. I’m glad you enjoy the blog. As…
Cabrearse is a very common way of saying “to get angry”, especially if it’s in a obvious, irated way: Susana se cabreó mucho anoche.Susana got…
When speaking informally, you can refer to your job as your curro: El bus se retrasó y llegué tarde al curro.The bus was delayed so…