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    Raffaella Carrà

    Rafaella Carra

    Italian entertainer Rafaella Carrà died today. She was very famous in Mexico, Spain, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela, Uruguay, and more, especially in the 1980s and 1990s.   🔴🔴 ULTIM'ORA – È morta Raffaella Carràhttps://t.co/HVxkHa98Ve — Corriere della Sera (@Corriere) July 5, 2021 FLASH | E' morta Raffaella Carrà #ANSA — Agenzia ANSA (@Agenzia_Ansa) July 5, 2021 […] More

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    Phone etiquette in several Spanish-speaking countries?

    Phone etiquette in several Spanish-speaking countries? We use several different expressions to answer the phone, so when you travel or watch a foreign movie don’t be surprised. It’s not always as simple as hello. I think no other language has a particular way to answer the phone depending on the region. < This table is […] More

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    Preposition “para” in a Coca Cola TV commercial.

    Coca Cola logo.

        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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    Queen’s Gambit

        The Netflix series Queen’s Gambit consists of seven episodes.  The main character, Beth, travels to chess tournaments in 4 different countries in different episodes, within the US, and later to Mexico, France, and the Soviet Union. In the episode where Beth is in Mexico, there are many minutes during which you can hear […] More