¿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 […]

Tres traducciones de “time”

(1) TIME AS TIEMPO When we talk about a certain period in between events or the passing of minutes, days, weeks, etc, we translate “time” as “tiempo”: Se nos acabó […]

Tres traducciones de “picture”

(1) PICTURE AS IMAGEN When we talk about the representation of a person, animal, or thing, we translate “picture” as “imagen”: Las imágenes de las obras del Greco se caracterizan […]

¿Pasar(lo) bien o tener un buen tiempo?

Do you know what is the  Spanish equivalent of “to have a good time”? Although our initial instinct may be to say “tener un buen tiempo”, this is a literal […]