Author: Paulisima

Whether you like reggaetón and perreo or not, or maybe you don’t even know what all that means… if you’re watching this is because regardless of how hard you try, you still can’t say things like:  Paulísima, te traje un ramo de rosas rojas y… un carro. (Paulísima, I brought you a bouquet of red…

Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? In this lesson, you will learn how to order in a restaurant with Spanish restaurant vocabulary. So, you can go to that Latin American restaurant around the corner and get a breakfast chimichanga… NO! That’s not actually Mexican food! But yes, you’ll learn how to order any delicious Latin…

Like in every society, in Mexico, there are certain forbidden topics in Mexico that you should avoid talking about… not because there’s something wrong about them per se, but they just levantan muchas pasiones (they provoke a lot of passions) and they can turn an otherwise nice moment into an unnecessarily bitter one.  So, to…

Every time a year ends, we reflect about it, get all nostalgic about the year that’s gone, and at the same time we get excited about the year that will begin.  It doesn’t matter how unique… this year has been. We can always say goodbye to it in style… and since we’re doing that, let’s…

If you’re learning Spanish, probably you know how to say WHAT in Spanish: QUÉ. And if you’re a beginner, perhaps you’ve been using QUÉ whenever you haven’t understood something… That’s okay, PERO puedes mejorar (but you can do better)…  Spanish native speakers typically say “what” as “¿qué?” in Spanish. They use it similarly to English speakers,…

Like some of you may already know, watching TV in the target language is one of the funnest ways to improve your listening skills, which will also benefit your fluency. Actually, Netflix is a great resource to improve your Spanish. Here’s how you can learn Spanish with Netflix! In this article we’re going to explore…

Este artículo va a ser un poco diferente (this article is going to be a little different) because we will talk about something other than Spanish itself.  En este artículo vamos a hablar de (in this article we’re going to talk about) common psychological barriers that can get in your way when you’re trying to…

In Mexico, the vast majority of us are very cool, friendly, warm people who treat everyone well. That’s why it’s hard for us to recognize that we have a problem with racism and discrimination against indigenous populations. But it’s time to face the question: Is Mexican Spanish racist? Well, unfortunately, we can’t completely rule out…

I wish at the beach right now and every 5 minutes I would be like: ¡Amigo, una piña colada por favor!  You don’t have to be an expert in Spanish to understand what a piña colada is, right? Everybody knows this! And just as piña colada, there are many other phrases or other Spanish words used…

There are essential Spanish phrases that native speakers use all the time. In this video we’re going to explore fifty of them. I’m Paulísima, your Spring Spanish teacher and with what you’re learning today you’ll be able to have a basic conversations en español. 1. Saludos y conocer a gente nueva (Greetings and meeting new…