by Patrick Jackson | Jun 1, 2026 | Beginner to Fluent, Spanish Vocabulary
8 False Friends in Spanish You SHOULD Know If you have been learning Spanish for a while, you have probably experienced this situation before: you see a Spanish word that looks almost identical to an English word, so you assume it means the same thing. Then...
by Patrick Jackson | May 25, 2026 | Spanish Vocabulary
Aquí, Acá, Ahí, Allí, and Allá in Spanish: What’s the Difference? One of the most confusing things for English speakers learning Spanish is figuring out how to say “here” and “there.” You learn words like aquí, acá, ahí, allí, and allá, and suddenly it...
by newyorkers | Jan 6, 2016 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
While dining in a restaurant here in Medellin, Colombia tonight, a Colombian friend used a word when her wine glass fell and splattered wine all over her new dress. No, the word that she used was NOT a “grosería” (swear word, curse word). How To Say Stain...
by newyorkers | Jan 5, 2016 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
You probably already know that the Spanish word “pequeño” means ‘small’ in English. But there’s another way to express ‘smallness’ in Spanish. Recently, while at the “gimnasio” (gym), I noticed something...
by newyorkers | Jan 4, 2016 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
Let’s talk about 5 (five) phrases that seem to confuse English speakers learning Spanish: 1. How to say sitting 2. How to say kneeling 3. How to say squatting 4. How to say bending down 5. How to say standing The Spanish words for kneeling, squatting and bending...
by newyorkers | Jan 1, 2016 | Conversational Spanish, Spanish Vocabulary
This blog post is from an email that I sent to my customers back in 2007 before I moved to Medellin and still lived on the Atlantic coast of Colombia in Barranquilla. The email covered the topic of a common mistake that Spanish-language learners make when saying...
