by Patrick Jackson | Feb 18, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
In today’s blog post, I have five Spanish vocabulary words that you may or may not know. FIVE SPANISH VOCABULARY WORDS 1. a) Resaltar – to highlight1. b) Resaltador – Highlighter Yo uso un resaltador amarillo para resaltar las palabras...
by Patrick Jackson | Feb 17, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
There’s a common mistake that I often hear native English speakers make when peaking Spanish here in Colombia. And that mistake is to omit the Spanish word “que” (that) when using the Spanish subjunctive and linking two clauses. This is a common...
by Patrick Jackson | Jan 23, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
After reading today’s blog post, not only will you know how to avoid several common mistakes in Spanish, but you will also know how to say the following in Spanish: How to say piggy-bank in Spanish How to say souvenir in Spanish How to say life-jacket in Spanish...
by Patrick Jackson | Jan 22, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Intermediate Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
After reading today’s blog post, you will know how to say the following in Spanish How to say ringworm” in Spanish How to say athlete’s foot in Spanish How to Say Ringworm in Spanish I picked up a new Spanish word today. The last time that I...
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...
