Learn a little Spanish everyday with the free Spanish Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!beige beige (adjective)Ella se aplicaba maquillaje de color beige todos los días.She applied beige colored make up daily.Beige es un color crema pálido con un tinte amarillento.Beige is a pale cream color with a yellowish tint.vestido beigebeige dresscolor beigebeige colorOwn a blog or website? Share free language content with your readers with the Spanish Word of the Day with Audio Widget. Click here for instructions on how to embed and customize this free widget!

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Learn a little Spanish everyday with the free Spanish Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!barato cheap (adjective)Estoy buscando un par de zapatos baratos.I'm looking for a cheap pair of shoes.El reloj de pulsera no es barato.The wrist watch is not cheap.zapatos baratoscheap shoesgafas de sol baratascheap sunglassesOwn a blog or website? Share free language content with your readers with the Spanish Word of the Day with Audio Widget. Click here for instructions on how to embed and customize this free widget!

Learn a little Spanish everyday with the free Spanish Word of the Day Widget. Check back daily for more vocabulary!ventoso windy (adjective)Está ventoso afuera.It's windy outside.Tengo que repartir periódicos en días lluviosos y días ventosos.I have to deliver newspapers on rainy days and windy days.día ventosowindy dayOwn a blog or website? Share free language content with your readers with the Spanish Word of the Day with Audio Widget. Click here for instructions on how to embed and customize this free widget!

Today's lesson will focus on the top five phrases you will hear in a classroom in the Spanish Language. If you don't know these already, they will be very useful to you. Perdón, tengo una pregunta... ("Excuse me, I have a question...") This is a common and polite way of getting someone's attention to ask a question, whether it's a teacher, a friend, or a stranger. Cómo se dice...(en español)? ("How do you say that (in Spanish)?") Use this phrase to ask for the Spanish equivalent of an English word. Rather than asking in English, "Hey, how do you say that?" asking in Spanish will earn you brownie points with your teacher. It will also help keep your brain in Spanish-speaking mode. ¿Qué quiere decir? ("What does that mean?") ... Show more

Today we are going to teach you commonly used phrases and/or words in Spanish a teacher would not teach you. Below are some examples! The "Dude" Words Many varieties of informal Spanish have a "dude" word that peppers their sentences. It's considered very informal, and your Spanish teacher will not bother to address you in this way, but in informal situations, you'll hear it all the time. Different countries have different words for this word. The "Wow" Words Here are several ways to express surprise in Spanish: hijole, andale, vaya, caray, jolín, and guao. Pedo If you look up el pedo in the dictionary, you'll find that its primary definition is "fart," so you can understand why your teacher is not excited about teaching... Show more

In this All About, you will find out the top 5 mistakes often made in the Spanish language. Knowing them will help you not to make them! Mistake Number Five: Crimes against Gustar Spanish people translate me gusta and me gustan as "I like," and if you like something singular you say me gusta, and if you like something plural you say me gustan. Gustar is a verb that actually means "it gives me pleasure" so if you conjugate it like other regular verbs, you might be saying something wrong. Mistake Number Four: -r Fixation One big mistake people make when learning Spanish is fixating on the -r. The trilled -r intimidates some people so much that they decide they can't learn Spanish; others try to trill every -r they see, which... Show more

Featured today in this lesson, we will supply you with a few five great tools to learn how to speak Spanish! Keep these tools under your belt and it'll make your learning experience smoother and easier. Tool Number One: A Spanish Dictionary Bilingual dictionaries used to be a burden to the language student; it used to be that only the larger-sized dictionaries were complete enough to be useful, but these large-format dictionaries were difficult to carry around. Nowadays, web-based dictionaries are the standard; they are complete enough to help you with your composition assignments, faster than paperbound dictionaries, and available in any web browser or smartphone. Tool Number Two: A Verb Conjugator A verb conjugating... Show more

As popular culture changes quickly and drastically, this lesson focuses on the most recent pop culture phenomena in the Spanish speaking countries. Popular Music The Spanish music scene at the moment is dominated by Reggaeton, a mix of hip-hop and reggae that developed mostly out of the music scenes of Puerto Rico, New York, and Miami. With that said, there has also been a steady growth of EMO and electronic bands in the Spanish-speaking countries, which has brought forth fashion styles and trends associated with this music genre: skinny jeans, converse shoes, snug shirts, and full-fledged black outfits. Cinema The revival of Spanish-speaking independent cinema has also propelled major production companies to produce more... Show more

This Spanish All About Lesson you will learn about five of the more famous festivals in Spain and Latin America. Sanfermines-"The Running of the Bulls" This ten-day municipal festival in Pamplona, Spain is well known in the English-speaking world as the "running of the bulls." The festival commemorates Saint Fermin, a martyr and patron saint of the participants, who dress in white with red scarves for the event. Puente Guadalupe-Reyes - "Christmas Season" Traditionally in the Spanish-speaking world, it is the Three Wise Men who mysteriously bring gifts to children on Epiphany, although some families also observe the Santa Claus tradition of gift giving on Christmas Day. Semana Santa - "Holy Week" Holy Week celebrations... Show more