Slang words in Spanish are called jerga. These expressions are very popular when we speak with our friends, when our kids text with their mates and even when criminals boast about their “achievements”. These terms [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 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 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 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?. [...]
Breaking myths about Spanish is very important for intermediate and advanced students. There’s a special moment in a student’s life when a teacher says: “all that you thought you knew about this topic is not [...]
