by Patrick Jackson | Apr 3, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
This blog post is from an email that I sent to my subscribers several years ago after taking a trip to “la República Dominicana” (the Dominican Republic). During my trip, I made several observations about the Latin American Spanish and culture of “la...
by Patrick Jackson | Apr 1, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
This blog post is from one of two emails that I sent to my subscribers several years ago after taking a trip to “la República Dominicana” (the Dominican Republic). It involves a frightening experience in “aduana” (customs) in the...
by Patrick Jackson | Mar 31, 2015 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
This blog post is from the second of two emails that I sent on the topic of adding “ito” or “ita” in Spanish. I received quite a few responses after the first email I sent to my subscribers where I discussed how the Spanish language allows you...
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...
