by Patrick Jackson | Mar 30, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
In this blog post, I will talk about some pet names or names used to express affection in Spanish. These are pet names that I have heard Spanish-speaking “amantes” (lovers) from Latin America commonly use. I am only including the most common names.In...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 29, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
As much as I love living in Colombia, I cannot ignore the fact that there is a lot of crime. Every year I notice that more and more foreigners are coming to Colombia to visit. I recently saw a post on a Facebook forum where an American said that he was robbed by a...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 28, 2015 | Common Mistakes, Conversational Spanish
In today’s blog post, I have 5 Spanish words and a common error to avoid committing. 1. Echar — to fire, to kick-out IMPORTANT TO NOTE: There are a number of definitions for the word “echar” but today we will learn the definition for “to...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 27, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Let’s cover 8 common Spanish vocabulary words today. If you live in a Spanish-speaking country you will hear these words. But you will probably not hear them used in a typical Spanish course. buy bactroban online...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 27, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
This blog post is from an email message that I have copied and pasted which I had sent to my subscribers and customers a few years ago when I left Colombia for several weeks to visit home – – “Nueva York” (New York). After reading this email...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 26, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Let me tell you about one of my favorite “amigos falsos” (false friends). In case you don’t know what an “amigo falso” is I will tell you. The phrase “amigos falsos” is used to describe Spanish words that sound similar to...
