Expressions with cara in Spanish
Expressions with cara in Spanish are very common in colloquial language. Now that we are living through a depressing time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a good advice could be al mal tiempo, buena cara. That’s [...]
Christmas Idioms in Spanish
Christmas idioms in Spanish are very funny. Actually, learning idioms is always funny. Nowadays it’s Christmas time, even though department stores started some months ago. From Spanishviaskype.com, we know that these days will be weird [...]
Chess Vocabulary in Spanish
Chess vocabulary in Spanish is trending nowadays. Actually, chess vocabulary is trending in all languages and the reason is a TV series called Gambito de Dama (Queen’s Gambit) in Netflix. By the way, last week [...]
Spanish-English False Friends
Spanish-English false friends are the warhorse of many students at Spanishviaskype. It’s absolutely normal that beginners try to guess Spanish words using terms that sound similar in their own language; they might have a very [...]
Idioms about bullfighting in Spanish
Idioms about bullfighting in Spanish are very common. Nowadays, this activity is very controversial. On the one hand, defenders of tauromachy claim that it’s a traditional cultural expression, even art. On the other hand, animal [...]
The Verb Caer in Spanish: Idioms in Autumn
The verb caer in Spanish is full of idioms, and now, autumn is almost here and we’ll see leaves falling everywhere. That’s the original meaning of the verb caer in Spanish. However, reading this article [...]
Funny Expressions in Spanish
Funny expressions in Spanish are a jack of all trades for Spanish teachers. Our students at Spanishviaskype.com love learning and “playing” with these phrases. We call them “funny” because misinterpretations caused by them are very [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]