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Rejection. It’s just a fact of life. For some, it is more common than others, but at one point or another, everyone gets rejected. That is why we have dedicated a clip of Bueno, entonces… to the art of Spanish rejection. And, aside from David being all-too-familiar with rejections from Jimena, we brought in another pair [...] Image taken from remalau.com Theme for today: Body talk. No, we are not talking about complaining about being too fat or too thin, too tall or too short, too ugly or too… you get the idea. Nope, not that kind of body talk– this is a Spanish blog, not one for bitching [...] Shopping vocabulary: Hacer compras Bolsa Billetera Effectivo Tarjeta de Credito Descuento Retornable? Liquidacion Cola Tienda/local/? Whew! The holidays are right around the corner and that means that both your patience and your credit card are hanging by a thread. While we don’t have the power to make money grow on trees (yet) we are able to offer two THINGS: 1) Spanish shopping vocabulary 2) An awesome, mind blowing [...] Image from zazzle.com When traveling in Latin America, it is sometimes useful to know all the ways you might be addressed by a local. I mean, you don’t want someone to refer to you as something and not know what it means, right? Different countries have different names that they call foreigners, but there are [...] You’ve probably heard that the Latino culture is very, very machista. Meaning it is excessively masculine. Some people like this aspect of the culture, others don’t– Example: The machismo mentality means that chivalry is still very much alive. However, it also means that the men are more aggressive and over-bearing. Hm. Tough call. As things [...] WARNING: NSFW MATERIAL AHEAD. A quick note before you continue: if you are easily offended or do not like foul language, don’t bother reading on. Bueno, entonces… sees learning a language as something that should be fun, entertaining, and useful. This means that we are willing to teach you things that you might hear on the [...] When learning a language, cognates become your best amigo. What are cognates? Cognates are words that have the same meaning, and look the same in two different languages. Examples: Alcohol = Alcohol, Falso = False, Ofender = Offend… you get the idea. Now, all is good and fun with these [...] So there’s many ways to woo, but our favorite is through the art of piropos (pick-up lines). Here, we provide you with yet another piropo to woo the crowds: Si la felicidad es agua y el amor es fuego, ¡Como me gustaría ser tu bombero! Alright, so the literal translation for this one is If happiness is [...] Photo courtesy of: http://www.pbase.com Here’s a trabalenguas (tongue-twister) to challenge your pronunciation skills: Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal en tres tristes trastos.
 En tres tristes trastos tragaban trigo tres tristes tigres. Now, what could that jumble of words possibly mean? Let’s break it down… Tres tristes tigres = three sad tigers. Alright, [...] |
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