Parecer. How to use it.
Parecer is one of those verbs that doesn't just have one meaning. The best known one is "to seem" or "to look", but it's not the only way to translate it! Parecer + adjective To seem or look, assuming »
Saint Valentine's day vocab
Valentine's day is around the corner, wouldn't be great to surprise your significant other with some romance in Spanish? Well, we're going to see some love-related vocab and some phrases, so get your corny self ready! And if »
Fake news video and informal expressions
Sometimes, practice can be a bit more fun than usual. This is a fake news video on the effects of certain sentences on Spanish people, from El mundo today , which I'm getting some articles and videos from for »
SOLER - I usually do
¡Hola! Today we're going to check out this verb, soler, that is very useful! Soler could be translated as "to usually do something" which sounds vage, and it is, but that's the hole point about this verb and »
How to translate THAT in Spanish
¡Hola hola! So this is a doubt that has arisen in a lesson recently and I thought it might be a common one for more students out there! QUE (with no accent mark) Type of word: Connective After »
Back to work + job search vocab
It's September, the month of new projects, motivation and also going back to work, and maybe even some post holiday depression haha. So let's see some vocab related to work and work search/description: Day to day work »
Shopping for clothes in Spanish
I've been shopping recently (a lot of things on sale this month in Spain!) so I wanted to give you some vocab and phrases so that you can also enjoy the sales in Spain, in Spanish. Let's start! »
THIS and THAT - este, ese,aquel
¡HOLA! This, that, those, these... they clarify how close or far away something is from the person speaking. These words are one type of "determiners", words that usually go before the noun, or alone. The noun can be »
Takes time to... Tardar and Llevar
Short and sweet this post! About this confusing pair: tardar and llevar. Both mean to "take (time)", so, what's the difference? Well, first of all, llevar has a lot of other meanings, so check this post about meanings »
Enough in Spanish: Suficiente...mente?
Both mean ENOUGH. Yep! So how do you know which one to use? Don't panic, it's all about the word after: Suficientemente Suficientemente + adjective What's and adjective? it's a quality, a state, a characteristic. Suficientemente bueno - good »
How to use "pasar" in Spanish
Maybe you've heard "Por favor, pasa before. It means "please, come in", and it's one of the many situations when we can use pasar. Let's see some more! Pasar To happen ¿Qué pasó? - What happened? To pass »
Expressions with DAR (to give)
Let's see some idiomatic phrases and expressions with dar (to give). We're going to start with feelings: To express feelings It's all about something "giving you" a feeling. For example "dar miedo" is to "give fear" but we'd »