By Pía Valls / Don’t be surprised by the headline. In the Spanish of Spain, the verb “cantar” (to sing) is used for something more than to sing the …
In this post, you will find not only the name of the fingers (“pulgar”, “índice”, “corazón” -also called …
Academically, ‘casi’ is a Spanish adverb that indicates proximity to (close to, by little, a little more or less, approximately…). We get closer but we …
In Spanish there are many ways to say that we have run out of money (dinero), we are poor. Here are the 24 most frequent expressions. no tener un duro / be …
Probably ‘cosa’ is one of the most useful, versatile and global words in the Spanish language. It has come down to us from Latin. ‘Cosa’ is one of …
As Pedro Calderón de la Barca -Baroque playwright – claimed, life is a dream and dreams are just dreams. This post shows 30 idioms containing the word …
“Apretar el calor” o “asarse”, “freírse” and even “¡ahogarse de calor!” are some of the verbs with which we …
Coger (to take), beber (to drink), recibir (to take), comer (to eat, to have), adoptar (to take), emprender (to take on)… all those actions and many more …
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It usually occurs in political, social or professional life. In Ancient Greece, the Greeks called banishment ostracism to which they condemned citizens they …
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Young and not so young we use in Spain the expressions ¡qué pasada! y ¡es una pasada! to say that something seems exceptional, surprising, extraordinary or …
