El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 7 April 1614), was a Greek artist whose painting and sculpture helped define the Spanish Renaissance and influence various movements to come. “El Greco” (“The Greek”) was a nick-friedmanname, a reference to his Greek origin. He is remembered
Difficulty: Hard “Cruda”, “de goma”, “chuchaqui”… Different words for just one horrible feeling you have the day after you drink too many cervezas. Listen to this podcast and learn the richness and variety of the Spanish language and how native speakers from different countries call
Difficulty: Medium Listen to this podcast to learn about the word chévere; slang very popular in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, El Salvador and Ecuador which means terrific, cool, awesome, nifty or simple Okay. Grammar: Adjectives, adverbs Vocabulary: Slang, idiomatic expressions Communicative
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El 30 de agosto de 1821 a las 11 de la mañana se iniciaría el Congreso de Cúcuta con el fin de unificar las repúblicas de la Nueva Granada (aproximadamente la actual Colombia) y la capitanía de Venezuela en una sola-karasik nación. El Congreso culminó