Categoría: Idioma

Añade más español a tu rutina diaria

Just because you don’t live in a Spanish-speaking country doesn’t mean you can’t add Spanish to your daily routine. You can add as much or as little Spanish as you want! The more you practice on your own, the better your speaking, reading, writing and listening skills will be. Taking Spanish classes online is a […]

Reduce tu estrés con estas estrategias de escucha interpretativa

En clase, probablemente hables con muchos hispanohablantes no nativos, o puede que tus profesores hablen más despacio y enuncien más. Muchos programas y muestras de audio que se hacen para estudiantes de español tienden a hablar más despacio que las conversaciones normales. La primera vez que hables con un hablante nativo o veas un programa de televisión [...]

Lleva tu pronunciación al siguiente nivel

There isn’t anything wrong with having an accent when you’re speaking your second (or third, fourth, etc.) language. It’s actually extremely rare for someone to speak multiple languages and not have an accent in any of them! However, when it comes to pronunciation, sometimes that can make it harder to be understood. We’ll show you […]

Domina los verbos gustar y similares

“Me gusta” is one of the very first phrases students learn to say “I like.” However, did you know that it literally translates to “to me, it pleases”? Gustar conjugates a bit differently than other verbs, which is why we’ve dedicated this article to gustar and similar verbs. You’ll master them in no time! How […]

Cosas para etiquetar en casa en español

There’s a reason that teachers have been labeling items in their classrooms for years. The best way to learn new vocabulary isn’t by translating in your head, but rather associating images and symbols with the word in the target language. For example, you want to practice looking at a tree and thinking “árbol“, not thinking […]

El reto del supermercado: Alimentos en español

La última vez que fuiste al supermercado, ¿qué compraste? ¿Compraste arroz y pollo, o quizá manzanas y zanahorias? Una forma estupenda de practicar español en tu vida cotidiana es ver qué palabras conoces en español mientras haces tu vida diaria. Afortunadamente, muchas tiendas [...]

Usa algo más que "Bien" o "Mal" para decir cómo te sientes

The first time someone asks you, “¿Cómo estás?” and you confidently answer “¡Bien!” or “¡Mal! is such a good feeling! You understood a question and were able to naturally answer it. However, maybe you want to give a more detailed answer. If you’re ready to add some more exciting vocabulary to your conversations, we’ll show […]

¿Tienes dudas sobre el uso del subjuntivo?

If you grew up as a native English speaker, you had probably never even heard of the subjunctive before. That’s because we tend not to learn grammar as a native speaker in the same way we do when we learn another language. This grammatical tense is so common, you hear it every day. Here, we’ll […]

Cómo afrontar la vergüenza del error

Mientras aprendes una nueva lengua, habrá veces que cometas algún error. A veces son pequeños, como olvidar la diferencia entre ser y estar. Otras veces, tienes una conversación y te refieres a tu coche como borracho en lugar de barrato. Así que, ¿cómo podemos afrontar la vergüenza del error cuando decimos algo equivocado y [...]

Sumérgete en el español en casa

There are lots of reasons why you’d want to find ways to immerse yourself in Spanish at home. Maybe traveling is too expensive, you work or go to school full time, or you don’t know anyone around you that speaks Spanish. Don’t worry, there are ways that you can surround yourself with this beautiful language […]