Easy Way to Learn How to Conjugate Spanish Verbs

I recently had the opportunity to test drive a new software program that’s designed to make it easier for people to learn Spanish verbs. It’s called the Verbarrator. What a fantastic program! This little piece of software (well, maybe not “little” since it contains more than 30,000 audio files) lets you drill yourself on all common Spanish verbs in all tenses. There’s English and Spanish audio plus an...

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Cacho Goes Shopping

Time to go shopping for some new playeras (t-shirts). In Argentina, they call them remeras. Don’t confuse that with rameras which are prostitutes. For example, if you walk into the local negocio (store) and tell the clerk, “busco una ramera negra” (I’m looking for a black prostitute), she will likely hace una mueca (make a face). But you aren’t here to learn about rameras, you’re here to learn...

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Parts of a Car in Spanish

To most people cars (coches, carros, autos, vehículos) are simply a means of transportation. But to those who appreciate the ingenuity of the internal combustion engine, they are much more, perhaps even a modern marvel. Yes, I consider myself a car lover. So let’s take a look at the Spanish words for the parts of a car, inside and out. hood=el capó windshield=el parabrisas windshield wipers=los limpiaparabrisas side window=la...

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Build Your Bathroom Vocabulary

Do you know the Spanish words for all the things in the bathroom (el cuarto de baño)? How about the verbs that describe the things you do in the bathroom? Let’s review them today. bathtubla bañera, la tina bath mat la alfombrita de baño bath plugel tapón showerla ducha showercapel gorro de baño toiletel inodoro toilet paperel papel higiénico toilet seatel asiento de inodoro sinkel lavabo, el lavamanos faucetel grifo tapslas...

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