La pelota (the ball) is one of the most important inventions of human beings, along with the wheel, the airplanes or the internet. Is this statement an exaggeration? Spanish-speaking countries are a good proof of it. Wherever you go, you will see kids, teenagers or even adults playing with una bola, un balón, un cuero, [...]
Sergio Ramírez, Sandinista revolutionary, politician, journalist, novelist and Nicaraguan. This is the new Cervantes Prize winner’s profile, the most important Spanish literature award. The first Nicaraguan awarded ever, has opted for social commitment, questioning our reality and searching the historical models of literature and art in his works. “Cuando uno no es Quijote, se convierte [...]
How difficult is to be a boss (or CEOs, nowadays)! Nobody likes to be told what to do all the time by a boss. Being a submissive employee may be good for the company in some positions, but it destroys the initiative that the worker might have. On the other hand, have you ever thought [...]
Errar, fallar, equivocarse… (to make mistakes) it doesn’t matter the synonym you may chose. We never want to use them. Making mistakes is the main reason for not daring to speak in a foreign language. However, as we explained formerly here, even native speakers make multiples of them. El dardo [...]
One more year, Halloween enters into our lives dressed up as a vampiro (vampire), hombre lobo (werewolf), momia (mummy), bruja (witch) and other “fauna” of this kind. However, it was not always in this way. When I was a child, if I had seen a boy in a Frankestein costume [...]
