Author: Juan

Making grammar and pronunciation mistakes while speaking Spanish is not only totally normal… Spanish native speakers even expect it from you AND they make mistakes all the time themselves too!  Now we’ve taken that burden of perfectionism off your shoulders, there’s one important thing to consider: not ALL mistakes are accepted.  But there’s some slang…

This piece is for you if you’ve spent a lot of time, effort, and maybe even money trying to learn Spanish up to a level you’re pretty comfortable with…  But right now your priorities have shifted, and you can’t spend so much time on your Spanish anymore… STILL you don’t want to lose your hard-earned…

Ordering your food in flawless Spanish at a restaurant… Impressing your in-laws or Spanish-speaking family with an interesting and thoughtful conversation… Chatting away in Spanish at a bar… What an amazing experience that would be… if only you weren’t so nervous every time you had to speak Spanish, right?  If you’ve ever felt tongue-tied, if…

Being an interesting conversation partner can be tough in your mother tongue… ni hablar de tener una conversación interesante en español (let alone having an interesting conversation in Spanish)… through all the stammering, stuttering, and thinking about grammar!  But shall I let you in on a secret only “professional networkers” know and that’ll help you…

If you’ve ever started a conversation with a Spanish speaker, or walked into a store, and you had everything you wanted to say ready and planned out in your head, but then that person REPLIES in Spanish and asks YOU something unexpected in Spanish that you don’t understand… and you panic (“Oh, no!”)… and your…

So, let’s say you want to look good in front of that Mexican sweetheart on a first date, or to land a good job in Colombia, or just impress your Argentinian friends… but your Spanish isn’t thaaaaaaat good yet? Then, this is going to be un artículo salvavidas (a lifesaving article) for you!  Because I,…

¡SORPRESA! ¡Esta es tu primera conversación en español! (Surprise! This is your first conversation in Spanish!) Are you prepared? No? You will be after reading this article / survival guide! If for some reason you still don’t feel confident enough to tackle your first real conversation in Spanish, I’ll give you not 3, or 4,…

Imagine you’re NEVER allowed to use the boring word “sí’ anymore when you want to agree with someone in Spanish…   ¿Ya entraste en pánico? (Panicking yet?) Fret not, my friends! Juan, from Spring Spanish, is here to solve that because today we’ll learn diez formas de decir “sí” sin decir “sí” en español (10 ways…

If you’re reading this article, you probably spend some time on the Internet and chances are you’ve run into at least a couple of memes online.  Ahh, memes! Those funny pictures or phrases that test your comprehension of certain cultures, current events, and humor… gotta love them!  Even more than in other cultures, in Latin…

Do you love the Spanish language? I do too! That’s why I want to present 7 important facts about Spanish in this video that will make you want to learn it even more! And as everybody knows, motivation is the most important factor when it comes to learning a language!  If you’ve been watching our…