by Patrick Jackson | Mar 2, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
She wrote, “Patrick, you have an error in your previous email. You wrote: El acróbata caminó por la cuerda floja en el circo. (The acrobat walked across the tight rope in the circus.) Patrick, you wrote that ‘cuerda floja’ means ‘tight...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 1, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
I have 5 Spanish vocabulary words that I want to share with you. 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 “lapicero” (writing pen). And every...
by Patrick Jackson | Feb 28, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
You may recall that in one of my emails I mentioned that when I first started learning Spanish, I used to walk around with a “libreta” (little writing pad) and a “pluma” (literally, “feather”) or “lapicero” or...
by Patrick Jackson | Feb 28, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
Less than an hour ago, I heard an “extranjero” (foreigner) make a common error when speaking Spanish. While the error is still fresh in my mind, I want to send you an email about it so that you never make this mistake. This is what happened . . . . This...
by Patrick Jackson | Feb 27, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Patrick Jackson In today’s blog post, I have 2 vocabulary words concerning the weather that I want to share with you. After you read this post, you will know how to say thunder and lightning in Spanish: How To Say Lightning In Spanish 1. Relámpago –...
by Patrick Jackson | Feb 26, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Patrick Jackson Here are 3 Spanish vocabulary words that you may want to learn: 1. Desabrido – Que no tiene sabor (without flavor) Although “desabrido” can be used to describe food, in Colombia I have heard this word used figuratively to describe a...
