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Improve your pronunciation
A handful of pronunciation mistakes keep most learners feeling unconfident and unsure about their accents. This short guide will teach you 8 keys to sounding more natural and smooth in your Spanish pronunciation.
I also recorded an audio walkthrough so you can hear all the examples in the guide.
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Order Food in Spanish: A Simple Guide to Restaurants
Vegetarian & Vegan in Spanish: A Complete Guide
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Why You Can’t Roll Your R’s (and How To Learn, Step by Step)
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Vale la Pena in Spanish: Meaning & How to Use it
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I’ll be right back in Spanish (Formal, Informal, & Slang)
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Por qué vs Porque vs Por que vs Porqué: A Simplified Guide
Let’s call them “the porques”. In Spanish, there is Por qué, porque, por que, and…
How to Use Saludos in Spanish Like a Native Speaker
You’ve probably heard it by now: Spanish speakers use “saludos” all the time. But its…
Vos in Spanish: Understand and Use the ‘Voseo’ Easily
As speakers of modern English, we’re blessed with a simple one-word solution to addressing someone: …
Which Spanish Dialect Should You Learn? Latin America vs. Spain
Choose which Spanish you learn based on your goals . Depending on whether you expect…
Desde vs De: The Best Way to Say “From” in Spanish
Desde and de can be a confusing pair — even for native speakers of Spanish. In…
Cómo Eres vs Cómo Estás: How & When to Use Them
In Spanish, the verbs ser and estar give us two ways to ask the question,…
Master Haber in Spanish: Hay, He, Hay Que & More + Video
Haber is a Spanish verb with a lot of uses. But we don’t usually see…
Que tengas: why do phrases with Que + Verb use the subjunctive?
Que tengas un buen día is a shortened version of an implied fuller expression: [espero]…
7 (Easy) Habits of Highly Effective Spanish Learners
Some people learn Spanish faster and more effectively than others. Why is that? What makes someone…
Spanish at the Gas Station: Everything You Need to Know
In many parts of Latin America, you don’t pump your own gas — there are attendants…
How to Memorize Spanish Words: Instantly Improve Your Recall
I was doing a live class last night and kept repeating something that I thought…
How to Conjugate the Verb Poder in Spanish (8 Need-to-Know Tenses)
Poder in Spanish is a funny one to translate. We don’t have a one-word-verb like…
How to Improve Spanish Listening | 3 FREE Tools
Understanding Spanish is hard. It takes a lot of practice. So if you’re struggling to…
No Worries in Spanish: 15 Great Ways to Say No Problem
The simplest, most common way to say “no problem” or “no worries” in Spanish is…
“I don’t know” in Spanish: How Native Speakers Say It
No sé and no lo sé are the most common ways to say I don’t…
I Can’t Wait in Spanish: Express Excitement like a Native Speaker
In English, it’s common to say “I can’t wait” to express excitement. Trouble is, “I…
Un momento or Uno momento? Which One is Right in Spanish?
In Spanish, the phrase uno momento is incorrect. Instead, un momento is used. This is…
Is it Hard to Learn Spanish? 3 Key Factors to Know
Is it hard to learn Spanish? If your goal is to make yourself understood in…
15 Hard Words to Pronounce in Spanish & How To Pronounce Them (+ Video)
Want to know how to pronounce the trickiest, longest words in Spanish? Words like internacionalización…
How to Be Polite in Spanish: 24 Useful Expressions
Being polite in Spanish isn’t too challenging. Let’s learn how. Imagine you are on the…
How to develop the four key skills in Spanish (Listening, speaking, reading & writing)
If you’re learning Spanish as an adult, you can do whatever you want. There’s no…
How to Learn Spanish Faster: 10 tips (from my experience)
What’s the fastest way to learn Spanish? The short answer: immersion + focused daily effort….
The best way to learn Spanish [step-by-step guide]
This is a guide designed to simplify learning Spanish. It’s meant primarily for beginners, but…
Why you should learn a new language
Learning a foreign language has little to do with how smart you are and a…