When To Use Por vs. Para In Spanish
[author] This story illustrates when to use Por vs. Para in Spanish. This story is actually from a previous email that I sent several years ago, but I want to mention it again because it illustrates the confusion that can be caused if you do not know when to use the prepositions Por vs. Para […]
Spanish Words For Moving To A New Home in Latin America
[author] The topic of today’s blog post is Spanish Words For Moving To A New Home in Latin America. This blog post is from an email that I sent to my newsletter subscribers: I am moving to another home in Medellín, Colombia. While I was looking for a new place, I had my smart phone […]
Spanish Verbs Llevar vs. Traer
Let’s talk about when to use the Spanish words llevar vs. traer. Over the weekend, I was at an American friend’s house here in Medellin, Colombia and I heard him make a mistake on the phone when speaking …
Present Perfect Tense For Irregular Verbs
[author] Present Perfect Tense for irregular verbs has the same format as the Present Perfect for regular verbs. Recall that the Present Perfect Tense is a compound tense, because it requires an auxiliary verb, haber (to have) and the past participle of the verb. As in English, the verb haber always comes before the present […]
How To Say You Have Bad Breath in Spanish
[author] I was on a learning-Spanish forum earlier this week and someone posted the following question: How do you say you have bad breath in Spanish? No one had answered the question but I thought that I would share this with you in case you ever have the need to tell someone this: Tienes mal […]
How To Say Umbrella in Spanish and How To Say Disarray and Mess in Spanish
[author] How To Say Umbrella in Spanish and How To Say Disarray and Mess in Spanish is the topic of today’s Spanish lesson. Let’s learn how do you say “umbrella” in Spanish. Let’s also learn the Spanish words for “a very serious situation or problem” and “disarray, chaos, confusion, mess, etc.” How To Say Umbrella in […]
How to say to kill 2 birds with one stone
In this lesson, you will learn how to say to kill two birds with one stone in Spanish. You will aslo learn how to say “to wear for the first time” in Spanish and how to say “I miss you in Spanish.” …
How To Say To Give Birth In Spanish
[author] Let’s learn how to say to give birth in Spanish. Today was a long and tiring day. I was going to go to bed as soon as I got home but I heard an English speaker make a very common mistake this afternoon at the gym where I work-out here in Medellin, Colombia. I […]
How To Say Something Does Not Make Sense in Spanish
[author] Let’s learn How To Say Something Does Not Make Sense in Spanish and avoid a common speaking-Spanish mistake. This lesson will also teach you how to say gym in Spanish. Yesterday, when I was in the “gimnasio” (gym) here in Medellin, Colombia. While in the “gimnasio,” or gym, I heard a native English speaker […]
How to say sitting, kneeling and squatting in Spanish
[author] This blog post teaches how to say sitting in Spanish. You will also learn how to say kneeling in Spanish and how to say squatting in Spanish and of course you will learn how to say I am on my knees in Spanish. . As I mentioned in another blog post, recently, I recorded […]