Dan Berges

Here's a quiz to test your ser & estar skills. If you need to review how ser and estar work, here are three articles.

Ser and estar are tricky for anglophones. Here's a simple way of looking at them, for beginners:

Here's a quick review of how numbers 1-100 work in Spanish. From 1 to 15, you just have to memorize each one: uno, dos, tres, etc.

Here is a list of cooking-related terms, along with a recipe. (If you decide to make it, remember to a. wait until the red peppers are cool enough to peel and b. send us a picture!)

Students often get confused with these three verbs, as they can all be translated as to leave. Before we analyze the different uses, let’s review their conjugation for the presente, pretérito perfecto, and pretérito imperfecto tenses:

Watching movies is a great way to improve your listening skills and your accent. Here are five great horror movies in Spanish.

¿What’s the difference between traer and llevar? Traer means to bring something (or someone) “here,” while llevar means to carry, to “transport from point A to point B,” or “to bring something (or someone) to a place other than the place where the speaker is located.”

Here is an interesting expression in Spanish: ¡Estás mezclando churras con merinas! (You are mixing churras and merinas!)

Here's a new vocab list. Not the most fun topic, but important, nevertheless. Here are some key tax-related terms in Spanish.

Here are some tips for pronouncing B and V in Spanish: Tip #1: They are pronounced the same way: [b], with the lips touching each other. That's it.

Here’s a list of TV-related terms. They can be useful should you decide to move to a Spanish-speaking country and binge-watch local TV/Netflix/Hulu/HBO Latino for a few months to improve your Spanish listening skills.

Here's a list of 10 very famous songs in Spanish (famous at the level of "I Will Survive", "Hotel California", or "Sweet Child O' Mine").

Here are some common and some less common greeting formulas in Spanish (there are so many!):

Un rayo cayó en Sevilla. Can you say this out loud? Did you pronounce the ‘y’ and the ‘ll’ differently? Can you ask your Spanish-speaking friends or relatives to say this?

1. Not including the “personal a”. As we know, whenever the grammatical object is a person (or a pet), we must use the preposition a right before said object:

Here is a list of words and expressions related to fútbol, the most popular sport in the world, in Spanish.

Memorizing verbs (and their conjugations) is the single most important part of learning Spanish. As you probably know, a lot of verbs are "regular", meaning they follow a standard conjugation pattern.

Learning how to conjugate verbs in Spanish is something most people struggle with at first. But don't worry! In this article, we'll provide you with some tips for memorizing verb conjugations so that you can speak like a pro in no time.

The Spanish alphabet consists of the Latin alphabet (which is the one English uses) plus the letter Ñ (eñe): A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n Ñ ñ O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z

Whether you're a seasoned guitarist or just starting out, being able to talk about your instrument in Spanish opens up new possibilities—from discussing gear with Spanish-speaking musicians to following tutorials and reviews.

Here are the most important grammatical cases, explained. Vocative - used to address someone / to get someone’s attention: Peter, can you hear me?

The COVID-19 pandemic brought medical terminology into everyday conversation—here are some health terms Spanish.

Jorge Manrique (1440-1479) was a Castillian poet (before Spain was Spain). He wrote this classic poem after his father died in 1476. Despite been so old, it's still often read today because of its amazing craftmanship and the quality of the rhymes.

It’s ok to ask this from time to time, but make sure it doesn't become a habit. If you become dependent on your interlocutor’s translations, you’ll only be able to speak Spanish with people who also speak English, kind of defeating the purpose.

Here's a list of presidential election related terms, in case you haven't talked about it enough in English and you want to also discuss it in Spanish.

Here are 8 amazing novel openings in Spanish. If you can, read some of these books eventually. We're including a DeepL translation for each.

We’ll explain it to you. Te lo vamos a explicar. Here’s how double pronouns work in Spanish, in a nutshell.

In this article, we wanted to compare a sonnet by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) with one by Francisco de Quevedo (1580-1645).

Make sure you always have a Spanish language class on your calendar every week. Having to put yourself in front of the instructor and classmates will make you accountable for your learning progress.

What do you think when you hear someone is bilingual? Do you picture that person speaking two languages in a “native” way, with no foreign accent?