There’s nothing better than sipping on a refreshing margarita during happy hour no matter if it’s on the beaches of Cancun or at your local Mexican restaurant. Here are three ways to ask your bartender about happy hour drink specials. ¿Tiene especiales de bebidas? Do you have any drink specials? ¿Tiene ofertas de happy hour? Do you have happy …
The Spanish verb quedar has a wide variety of meanings on it’s own, but on top of that it’s very often confused with quedarse, which is reflexive and has completely different meanings. In this podcast I’ll explain the most common uses of quedar and remove the mystery and confusion surrounding this very flexible and useful Spanish verb. If you enjoyed …
In the last quick tip I gave you some handy phrases to help you make plans with your Spanish speaking amigos, How to say I’m on the way. Today I’ll give you five sentences you can use to let them know when to expect you. Voy a llegar tarde – I’m going to get there late Voy tarde – I’m running …
Spanish teachers and textbooks typically teach you to use the verb repetir to get someone to repeat what they said. But if you want to sound more like a native speaker there are several other options that will keep you from sounding like you learned Spanish from a grammar book. In this episode of the Real Life Spanish podcast series we take a …
About two weeks ago I caught up with an old friend who had spent a bit of time in Nicaragua. As we were talking about various things she said ¿Cuánto tiempo dilata? . With what I’m sure was a perplexed look on my face, I said ¿Cómo?. I had most certainly not heard the word dilata (from the verb dilatar) before. …
Today I decided to write about one of my favorite learning Spanish products, Gritty Spanish 2. I’ve purchased numerous other Spanish dialog collections in the past, and they’ve all been helpful and worth the time, money and effort I invested in them. But none of them have been as interesting and captivating as Gritty Spanish. I’ve found it to be …
Welcome to another installment of Say it in Spanish. This series of posts is designed to teach you common, everyday Spanish your textbook leaves out. Let’s jump right into things. It’s really common to make plans with your friends, so in today’s post you’ll learn a few simple sentences to let them know you’re on your way. 1. Casi salgo …
Do you know the meaning of the verb quedarse? You might think you do, but the Spanish verb quedarse doesn’t have just one meaning, it has several. You don’t need to know them all right away, but you should certainly know the most common ones. If you want to greatly improve your understanding of the Spanish language and significantly enhance …
Alcanzar is verb that’s rarely talked about, but it has a several uses you should know about. If you don’t master this verb, you’ll never alcanzar your goal to become fluent in Spanish. If you enjoyed the podcast and want to improve your Spanish even more, you can download the audio for the entire series as well as the transcripts …
Welcome to the first installment of Quick tips to improve your Spanish. This series of posts offers short and simple Spanish tidbits that you can use immediately. Let’s jump right into things. Sooner or later you’re going to need to know how to say “every other week”. And as you might guess, cada dos semanas is one way to say …