Indirect questions
In Spanish language, the questions can do it in two ways: direct or indirect. √ The question or direct interrogation is traditional. As its name suggest, …
Sino and si no, two things very different
They sound almost alike, but they are not the same. The usual mistake of using one form by another, so it should be clear what is each one: Sino it’s an …
Coordinating conjunctions in Spanish
What do we use conjunctions for → To join two or more elements of a same sentence. “La Agencia EFE difundió fotografías y vídeos del evento”. …
7 forms to say “a complete idiot” in Spanish
To use the word idiota (idiot), or something similar, it is good to know what you are saying with this colloquial expression typical of the human irritation …
10 ways “to criticize” others
It is said that those who criticize others are the ones who have the most to should shut up. To criticize is to examine and judge, but also, to talk badly …
4 keys to use Spanish participles
En cualquier conversación informal en español escucharéis con frecuencia que algunos hablantes dicen, por ejemplo, "mi hermano se ha marchao", en vez del …
Correct use of the pronoun lo (s)
El leísmo en castellano constituye el uso de las formas de dativo "le", o "les", en lugar de las de acusativo "lo/los", o "la/las", como por ejemplo: "le …
More than 30 sentences with neutral demonstratives in Spanish
These are 31 sentences with frequently expressions to practice use of three neutral demonstratives in Spanish: esto (this), eso (that), aquello (that). …
Essential vocabulary to get around a hospital in Spanish
Urgencias’ (emergencies), ‘traumatología’ (traumatology), ‘anestesia’ (anaesthesia) and ‘paciente'(patient) are some of …
How to cheer on a goal in Spanish, before, during and after
Besides the classic shout of “¡gooooooooooooooooool!” (goaaaal!) or “gol, gol, gol!” (goal, goal, goal!), soccer fans cheer on football players …
80 essential words to talk about books
Surely on more than one occasion, you have replaced the word ‘libro’ (book) by any of its synonyms as exemplary, volume, volume, work, or manual, when you …
WHY DO WE SAY ‘A MANO’ TO SAY ‘NEAR’?
With expressions as ‘lo tienes todo a mano’, ‘está muy a mano’ or ‘está más a mano’, the Spaniards say that something or some place is close to …
TEN ESSENTIAL PHRASES IN SPANISH TO FOLLOW THE BEAT IN THE SEVILLE FAIR
These eleven essential phrases in Spanish will allow you to follow the beat in the Seville Fair or, in any case, to help you for practising Spanish with …
27 words for 27 letters of the Spanish alphabet (ABC)
Spanish alphabet has 27 letter and 5 combinations of two letters (digraphs). Below, you can find one example for each of these, in addition to know their names …