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    A Condorito joke explained

    Condorito

    Condorito is a popular comic strip character in Latin America. Created by Chilean cartoonist René Ríos in 1949, the character is a condor in a human body who lives in the fictional town of Pelotillehue with his friends and family. The comic strip is known for its humorous and satirical take on Latin American culture […] More

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    10 expressions that are NOT so easy to figure out.

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    Spanish is an interesting and complex language, full of colorful expressions and idioms. Learning these expressions can greatly enhance your understanding of the language and allow you to communicate more effectively with native speakers. In this post, we’ve compiled another list of 10 Spanish expressions, along with their literal translations and English equivalents. Whether you’re […] More

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    The Channel of the Stain

    The English Channel’s name in Spanish El Canal de la Mancha, literarily translates as The Channel of the Stain. This is historically an unfortunate translation mistake from its French name Canal de la Manche, which in French means Channel of the Sleeve, yes, as in a shirt. Probably the channel’s shape resembled a sleeve to the […] More

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    All the World

    This is how Romance people say everybody: language the world all the world = everybody Spanish el mundo todo el mundo French le monde tout le monde Portuguese o mondo todo o mundo Romanian lumea (the definite article is indicated at the end, “lume+a” in this case). toată lumea Italian il mondo tutto il mondo […] More

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    The letter Ñ does make a difference.

    Warning: this article contains a couple of raunchy words. As you can see in some of the examples below, you have to be very careful when saying some of these words. It’s similar to the common pronunciation mistake of Spanish-speaking people trying to say beach, but ending up sounding like bitch. Something similar could happen […] More

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    Carnes frías. 10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out (22)

    10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out (22) Here are 10 common random idioms you may have trouble with if you hear them for the first time: Expression Approximate literal translation (what you might think you actually heard) Explanation Cable de la luz What? cable of the light? power cord, power line […] More

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    Se le pasaron las copas. 10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out (18)

    10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out (18) Here are 10 common random idioms you may have trouble with if you hear them for the first time: Expression Approximate literal translation (what you might think you actually heard) Explanation ¡no me falles! (MX) Don’t fail me. Don’t let me down. Don’t disappoint […] More

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    Really nice video of Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

        William Taudien from Sweden is a little crazy. Funny crazy. He is also a great video editor and has impressive drone skills. He has lived almost a year in Mexico and this is an example of one of his videos. Unfortunately, there is not much Spanish to listen to in this episode. (For […] More

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    Telenovelas mexicanas locas.

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    This is one of the most memorable moments in Mexican telenovela history. Extremely dramatic, overacted, politically incorrect, internet meme material. This segment has subtitles for your amusement. Excuse some of the subtitles. Obviously, if they were exact translations, this telenovela would’ve never been shown on TV.       ¡Maldita lisiada! Itatí Cantoral cuenta su […] More