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10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out. La caguama.
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10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out. Expression Approximate literal translation (what you might think you actually heard) Explanation una caguama (MX) what? Caguama is a BIG sea turtle species. In Mexico, caguama is also a BIG family size beer bottle. The common phrase vamos a echarnos unas caguamas […] More
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Mexico City drone video 2022
It must have taken over a year to film this video from what I see. There are Christmas decorations and spring jacaranda flowers. There are mostly day shots, but also night shots, fast speed, low speed, winter, spring, probably summer, and autumn too. More
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Not all cognates look like twins, like naranja and orange
Cognates are words that have the same origin. If, in addition, these words have the same meaning, they are true cognates, but if the meanings are different then they are false cognates. Examples of true cognates are teléfono and telephone, auditorio and auditorium, obtener and obtain. Examples of false cognates are the typical example embarazada, […] More
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Norte, sur, este, oeste
It might surprise you that the current Spanish names for the 4 cardinal points come from English via French. North ⇒ norte (N) South ⇒ sur (S) East ⇒ este (E) West ⇒ oeste (O or W) All of them are masculine nouns. If Spanish cardinal point names are technically Spanglish, how did Spanish explorers […] More
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Preposition “para” in a Coca Cola TV commercial.
Para ti, para mí, para ella, para él, para todos, para nadie…¡para vos! I hope this commercial in Spanish from Argentina made for Coca Cola Femsa, helps you understand one of the uses of the preposition para. Similar commercial with subtitles. (also Argentine accent). Cola in Spanish means cola, ass, […] More
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El cumpleaños
El cumpleaños There are many compound nouns in Spanish that are formed by a verb and a noun. Their noun component is usually plural, so it ends in “s,” but their overall grammatical number is singular. Examples of these words are: El cumpleaños, birthday, formed together with the verb cumplir, to fulfill, to accomplish, to […] More
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Learn how to recognize hidden “hay” in a sentence.
Hay is a special conjugated form of the verb haber, which is used to indicate existence. Its English equivalents are: there is, there are, is there…?, are there…? This verb is always in its singular form. Some people, mistakenly, use it in the plural form, like habíamos, habían, habemos, etc. For the Royal Academy, this […] More
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10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out (13)
Expression Approximate literal translation (what you might think you actually heard) Explanation aquí hay gato encerrado there is a locked up cat something is fishy here pelar a alguien (MX), (no pelar a alguien) (MX) Lit: to peel someone to pay attention to someone, to acknowledge someone’s existence. No pelar […] More
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10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out (16).
10 expressions that are not so easy to figure out (16) 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 Pasarse algo por el arco del triunfo OR ignorar algo olímpicamente (MX) To […] More
