Tres traducciones de “regalo”
(1) REGALO AS GIFT / PRESENT When we talk about something given to another person -without receiving payment in return- to honor or celebrate them or as a display of […]
Ándale, ándale!
If you are over thirty and grew up on a steady diet of cartoons, watching and rewatching them until your parents turned off the television and forced you to get [...] ¿”Asimismo” or “Así mismo”?
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El Día de Acción de Gracias
Say NO to translation
Removing the translation component from your language studies and habits is crucial to gaining proficiently in any language. Word-to-word translations from one language to another prohibit a truly stream-of-consciousness thought […]
¿Tienes confianza o confidencia?
How do we say “confidence” in Spanish? Is it “confianza” or “confidencia”? Well, it depends on what we mean to say; both words have very different meanings. Let’s take a […]
Una “agencia de colección”
En español existen tres verbos para el verbo to collect en inglés: colectar, recolectar y coleccionar. Asimismo, tenemos tres sustantivos relacionados con estos verbos: la colecta (collect), la recolección (gather, […]
Cuatro traducciones de “muerto de”
(1) MUERTO DE CANSANCIO This expression is used to indicate that someone is extremely tired, and may be translated as follows: Estuve trabajando todo el día. ¡Estoy muerto de cansancio! […]
Expresiones con la palabra “muerte”
Cuestión de vida o muerte: a matter of life and death. Dar muerte a algo / alguien: to kill something or someone. De mala muerte (colloquial): lousy, crappy. De muerte […]
Mexican Slang Essentials: ¿Qué onda?
If you spend any significant amount of time socializing in México, or even here in some parts of the US, “¿Qué onda?” is a question you simply can’t escape from. […]
Tres traducciones de “race”
(1) RACE AS RAZA When used in reference to a person’s lineage or genetic group, we translate “race” as “raza”: Las prácticas culturales varían notablemente entre las personas de diferentes […]
Isabel la Católica
Click here to listen to all about Isabel la Católica: Isabella I (Madrigal de las Altas Torres, 22 April 1451–Medina del Campo, 26 November 1504) was Queen of Castille. She […]