¡Feliz Año Nuevo 2010!
Hopefully your reservations are made, the champagne is bought, and resolutions are being…discussed. Here is a list of a few common New Year’s Resolutions:
Ser amable a todos = Be kind to everyone
Ser mí¡s organizado = Be more organized
Disminuir el consumo de alcohol = Drink less alcohol
Hacer ejercicio = Exercise
Dejar de fumar = [...]
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Gay marriage in Latin America? It must be the End of the World.
Not quite, but almost!
We blogged about gay marriage in Argentina a while back, and we were so excited that Buenos Aires had stepped up and was being the trailblazer in the Latin American marriage equality movement.
…and then they backpedaled and [...]
One of our favorite ways to learn Spanish is by watching commercials. Check out this one, entitled “Nariz Grande”.
Hombre: ¿Querí©s un poquito de vino?
Mujer: No, no gracias. Mañana tengo una pequeña cirugía y mi medico me dijo nada de alcohol.
Hombre: Muy bien! Es una pavada igual… A una prima mía se lo hicieron. Mirí¡: te [...]
Remember that Youtube video by Federico Alvarez that we wrote about earlier?
Well, over the weekend Yours truly was on holiday and while channel surfing, this vid popped up on Much Music. Big metal robot aliens attacking Montevideo sort of catches one’s attention, and we soon realized that the Uruguayan rock band, Snake, had worked with [...]
Even though we may be sunbathing and having asados for Christmas here in South America, it doesn”t mean that we”ve lost our holiday spirit! Things are a bit different down South–but we could say the exact same thing from household to household up North.
Back home, oftentimes the presents are opened on Christmas Eve, rather than [...]
It”s that time of year again.
Oh, you know you love it. Being stuck in traffic for hours? Waiting in line for ages at the airport? Nothing says happy holidays like a delayed flight.
We thought we”d take this opportunity to help you brush up on your transportation vocab—we know you”ll [...]
Some have their morning coffee and New York Times–we here at Bueno, entonces… have our mate and Google Alerts.
Today we stumbled upon a really great article about how to learn languages without breaking the bank. Even though we aren’t mentioned, we cannot agree more with the philosophy.
Start-ups aim to help you learn a language without [...]
We all have that obnoxious, unbearable friend. We love him, but he’s sort of a jackass.
We admit that the Spanish in this commercial is a bit difficult to understand, but you’ll see some examples of how a friend can be imbancable:
-Tells the punchline of your chiste (joke)
-Takes your food (or here, romper tu huevo frito [fried egg]) sin preguntarte [...]
Remember Jeff? The guy that blogged about Bueno, entonces…?
Well, he wasn’t alone! Cody also did some blogging for us, and today we’ve chosen to highlight his review of Learn Spanish Class 1. Enjoy!
Wow. I have to say after the first class I am delightfully surprised. That was much more entertaining than I had originally thought [...]
Felicitaciones, Fede!
Check out this article that appeared in BBC News about Uruguayan producer, Fede Alvarez, and his Youtube video, “Ataque de Pí¡nico”:
YouTube video leads to Hollywood contract
A producer from Uruguay who uploaded a short film to YouTube in November 2009 has been offered a $30m (£18.6m) contract to make a Hollywood film.
The movie [...]