by Patrick Jackson | Jan 20, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
There are certain things that I have heard native Spanish speakers says that I do not find politically correct. I also find it interesting that in the Spanish language you can take a “non-politically correct” adjective and use it as a noun or even the name...
by Patrick Jackson | Jan 20, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
If you want to sound affectionate when speaking to your Spanish-speaking significant other, I have some pet names that are used to express affection in Spanish. In English, I can only think of a couple of commonly used pet names such as “honey,” and...
by Patrick Jackson | Jan 19, 2015 | Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Verb Lessons, Spanish Verbs
Today, I have 5 Spanish vocabulary words that you should learn if you do not already know them. I learned these vocabulary words when I first started learning Spanish and I used to walk around with a “libreta” (little writing pad) and a...
by Patrick Jackson | Jan 18, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
This blog post will teach you how to say the following in Spanish: How To Say To Garnish One’s Salary in Spanish How To Say To Talk Nonsense in Spanish Here are two words or phrases that you may not find in your typical Spanish course but you will certainly hear...
by Patrick Jackson | Jan 17, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish
Today, an American friend here in Medellin, Colombia made a mistake in Spanish that I have never heard before. But I can understand why he made the mistake so I want to share this with you so that you never make the same mistake. Besides learning how to avoid a...
