Expressions with leche in Spanish
Expressions with leche in Spanish are plentiful in our vocabulary. Leche is an essential foodstuff for mammals and these kind of basic terms are a good source of idioms in all languages. The etymology of [...]
Don’t say ¿Cómo estás? in Spanish and Try This
Don’t say ¿cómo estás? in Spanish everytime you start a conversation. The Spanish language is very rich in the colloquial register, so, you have many other variations at your disposal. However, ¿cómo estás? is maybe [...]
Toponymy of the Largest Cities in Spain
Toponymy of the largest cities in Spain is an exotic topic that encourages our students’ curiosity in our conversational lessons. Etymologists are a kind of detectives and historians who researche the origins of current words [...]
Reacting to questions in Spanish
Reacting to questions in Spanish in the colloquial register has a large diversity of choices. Depending on the feeling we want to show, native speakers reply automatically using curious and strange expressions that are often [...]
Reported Speech in Spanish: More Changes
Reported speech in Spanish is always a recurrent topic in our lessons at advanced levels. A couple of months ago, we introduced this content in our blog, talking about the verbal changes. However, the changes [...]
Expressions with the Five Senses in Spanish
Expressions with the five senses in Spanish is a good topic when we talk about anatomy in our lessons at Spanishviaskype.com. It’s often boring to learn a large list of vocabulary with the names of [...]
Special Usages of Imperfect Indicative
Special usages of imperfect indicative in Spanish is a topic that our students learn at the advanced levels on Spanishviaskype.com. As you might know, the imperfect tense is often used to describe and express routines [...]
Expressions with colours in Spanish: Gay Pride 2020
Expressions with colours in Spanish are a good example of how varied our language is. There is a popular Spanish saying: ‘para gustos, los colores’; ‘everyone to his own taste’ can be a good translation. [...]
The weather in Spanish: What’s the Weather Like?
The weather in Spanish is one of the very first topics our basic students learn on Spanishviaskype.com. The fact is that they can start a conversation in Spanish just saying hoy hace buen día, ¿verdad?. [...]