Want to learn (and be able to USE) your Spanish? These free Spanish lessons & guides will help you learn what you need to communicate effectively.
Choose which Spanish you learn based on your goals . Depending on whether you expect to spend more time with Latin Americans or Spaniards, you …
Desde and de can be a confusing pair — even for native speakers of Spanish. In many cases, the two prepositions can be used interchangeably.
Let’s take …
In Spanish, the verbs ser and estar give us two ways to ask the question, “How are you”:
¿Cómo estás?¿Cómo eres?
But these two phrases are asking …
Haber is a Spanish verb with a lot of uses. But we don’t usually see it in that plain dictionary form — “haber”.
Most of the …
Que tengas un buen día is a shortened version of an implied fuller expression: [espero] que tengas un buen día — [I hope] that you …
Some people learn Spanish faster and more effectively than others.
Why is that? What makes someone an effective Spanish learner?
In my experience, it’s nothing too hard — it …
In many parts of Latin America, you don’t pump your own gas — there are attendants who work the pumps (las bombas). So if you’re driving …
I was doing a live class last night and kept repeating something that I thought was worth sharing here:
If you memorize Spanish words like this:
Tener …
Poder in Spanish is a funny one to translate. We don’t have a one-word-verb like that in English, but I used to translate it in …
Understanding Spanish is hard. It takes a lot of practice.
So if you’re struggling to understand Spanish, you are not alone.
In my experience, comprehension is …
The simplest, most common way to say “no problem” or “no worries” in Spanish is “no hay problema.” Other common ways include no te preocupes, …
No sé and no lo sé are the most common ways to say I don’t know in Spanish. They come from the verb saber (which …
In English, it’s common to say “I can’t wait” to express excitement. So when we go to speak Spanish, many English speakers translate that expression …
In Spanish, the phrase uno momento is incorrect. Instead, un momento is used. This is because when “uno” precedes a masculine noun like el momento, …
Is it hard to learn Spanish?
If your goal is to make yourself understood in simple interactions, the answer is no. In a relatively short …
Want to know how to pronounce the trickiest, longest words in Spanish? Words like internacionalización and ornitorrinco, or even tongue twisters like tres tristes tigres …
Being polite in Spanish isn’t too challenging. Let’s learn how.
Imagine you are on the Metro and Mexico city. You need to get by all …
If you’re learning Spanish as an adult, you can do whatever you want. There’s no curriculum or rules you have to follow.
That means when …
What’s the fastest way to learn Spanish?
The short answer: immersion + focused daily effort.
But immersion doesn’t have to mean moving to Colombia. Tons of people …
This is a guide designed to simplify learning Spanish. It’s meant primarily for beginners, but the principles can apply to anyone learning, regardless of level.
In …