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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…

Muchos amigos extranjeros siempre me preguntan si sé bailar salsa, pero, como tengo dos pies izquierdos, ¡mi respuesta es no! Por eso, en este artículo vamos a aprender los pasos básicos de algunos de los bailes más famosos en Latinoamérica; al mismo tiempo, aprenderás el vocabulario. [Watch the video for a full-on experience!] SALSA La…

You know what I hate? Stereotypes! Pero ¿sabes lo que odio aún más? (But you know what I hate even more?) Fitting into one! Stereotypes are ridiculous! There are 120 million Mexicans, so there’s gotta be plenty of us que no llegan tarde nunca (who never arrive late), who don’t put drops of lime juice…

2020 not only gave birth to a pandemic, but also to a lot of brand-new Spanish words! Today I’ll teach you 10 of the words that became so popular among Spanish speakers that the Royal Spanish Academy decided to include them in the 2020 edition of its dictionary. Fancy, right? In practical terms that means…

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…

If you’re learning Spanish, read this article to discover the 8 best YouTube channels that’ll help you finally get fluent!!  Aqui un dato curioso (Fun fact): more than 500 HOURS of videos are published on YouTube every minute! Crazy, right?  So, in that ocean of content, how are you ever supposed to find the GOOD…

I live in one of the most amazing cities in the whole world: Mexico City, which also happens to have one of the best cuisines ever! Eating Mexican street food is one of the best ways to practice your Spanish and to get to know the heart and soul of Mexico! En este artículo vas…

Si has estado viendo nuestros videos (If you have been watching our videos), you have probably noticed that, sometimes, there are little thingies on top of vowels. Se llaman acentos ortográficos o tildes (They’re called accent marks or tildes) and they don’t just randomly appear. There are specific rules behind them and knowing those rules…

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,…

¿Eres un perfeccionista? (Are you a perfectionist?) Would you like to know how good your Spanish really is?? Say no more! Cory, the examiner, is here to put your Spanish to the test! Me ha contado un pajarito (Lit., “A little bird told me”; more idiomatically, “Rumor has it”) that you like being tested on…