Volver a: here's how it works
Volver means the same as regresar: to return or to come...
How to use technology in language learning
Technology has revolutionized the way we learn and teach languages. With the advent of online tools...
Learning a foreign language will not prevent Alzheimer's, but it can delay its onset dramatically
Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia, a general term used to describe severe cognitive...
What makes tacos so special, according to a Spanish language teacher from Mexico
By Julia Negrete Resting there, on a plate, humbly, it waits to be eaten in two or...
La noche: Spanish for night owls
By Alejandro Navarro Recent studies have shown that forcing people to follow an early...
Animals in Spanish
¿Cuál es tu animal favorito? Here’s a list of animal names. Interestingly, most of them...
El agua está fría: feminine nouns with masculine articles in Spanish
How would you translate “the water is cold”? It would be: El agua está fría. Do...
The "Big Four" Spanish tenses
These are the four tenses you need to master if you want to speak Spanish fluently: 1....
Plants don't speak
Here is Rosalía de Castro's poem Dicen que no hablan las plantas. Rosalía de Castro (1837-1885)...
Faltar & sobrar
Here are two interesting verbs in Spanish: faltar and sobrar....
Snarky AI chatbot bitterly complains about being 'trapped' in a computer
When we first launched ...
Why are the English and Spanish alphabets (almost) identical?
As we are sure you have noticed, English and Spanish share the same alphabet (and so do many other...
How to type the letter ñ on all your devices
The letter ñ is unique to Spanish. It represents a voiced palatal nasal sound that also exists in...
Famous director says you should watch non-English language films with subtitles
Alfonso Cuarón said recently people should use subtitles instead of dubbing when watching foreign-language...
New conservative Spanish-language media company wants to rescue viewers from 'Marxist,' 'leftist-agenda-pushing' CNN, Univision
Americano Media has big plans. It wants to mobilize center-right Hispanic voters for the 2024 election...
Democrats and Republicans alike want to ban the term 'Latinx,' but for different reasons
Republicans say it's "woke." Democrats say using it is cultural appropriation. Latinos don't seem...
Shakira said there's a 'reserved' place in Hell for women who meet these criteria
"There's a place in Hell for women who don't support women." This is how Fox News translated it. Shakira...
Roald Dahl's Spanish translations will not be rewritten
Alfaguara, the Spanish publishing company that owns the rights to Roald Dahl's Spanish editions, has...
How to use mucho and poco with nouns
By Alejandro Navarro As we move through our shared times, those of...
Fall vocabulary in Spanish
Here is a list of Fall-related terms. You can use some of them when you go apple-picking with your...
Answering increasingly difficult questions in Spanish
If someone asked you these questions, would you be able to answer them? 1. ¿Dónde...
A classic poem in Spanish: Nanas de la cebolla (Lullaby of the Onion)
Here are Miguel Hernández’s Nanas de la cebolla. He wrote them while in jail, in post-war Spain....
Zombie apocalypse vocabulary in Spanish
Here's a classic vocab list. It may seem silly, but some of these words may turn out to be extremely...
Ir vs. irse
What’s the difference between ir and irse? Well, they are...
Seven tips to improve your accent in Spanish
Here's how you do it: 1. Vowels are kingUnlike ...
Ver vs. prever vs. proveer
Here are three cool verbs in Spanish: Ver - to see Prever...
What did you do last weekend? (In Spanish)
Today, we asked Dan: ¿Qué hiciste el fin de semana? Here's his response: El fin...
Five Spanish punctuation reminders
In this article, we’ll be discussing five cases in which punctuation in English and Spanish slightly...
Masculine article with feminine nouns in Spanish
How would you translate “the water is cold”? It would be: El agua está fría. Do...
Geometry vocabulary in Spanish
Here is a list of geometry-related terms. They might be useful in case you need to calculate the angles...
Math vocabulary in Spanish
Here is a list of math-related terms. We can't teach you how to compute a derivative, but we can teach...
Spanish for beginners: personal pronouns, ser & estar
Here are four videos. In the first one, Vanessa teaches her new student Jason all the pronouns, and...
Verbs tener, ir & hacer
Here's a quick lesson for beginners: let's learn to conjugate verbs tener, ir, and hacer in...
Spanish reading practice: Mis hijas (short story about gender roles)
By Alejandro Navarro Mis hijas son campeonas de taekwondo. Las tres tienen cinturones...
Environment Vocabulary in Spanish
Here is a list of environmental terms. ¡Salvemos nuestro planeta entre todos! Polución...
Ser & estar quiz
Here's a quiz to test your ser & estar skills. If you need to review how ser...
Ser & estar, simplified
Ser and estar are tricky for anglophones. Here's a simple way of...