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When I first started learning Spanish, I thought long words were the problem. Then one day in Mexico, a friend told me a whole story using what felt like six letters total: ya, no, sí, que, lo, se. I nodded along like I understood, but inside my brain was whispering: “How are these microscopic words […]

When I first started learning Spanish, I greeted everyone with the enthusiasm of a telenovela actor and the accuracy of a broken GPS. I once said “Buenas noches” /ˈbwe.nas ˈno.tʃes/ — good night — to a cashier at 11 a.m. She smiled politely, the way you smile at someone who maybe hit their head recently.

Looking for Spanish girl names and want more than the same five suggestions everyone gives you? You’re in the right place. Across recent stats for Spain and Latin America, names like Sofía, Lucía, Martina, Valentina, Camila, Emma, Olivia, Vega and Julieta keep showing up at the top of the charts. (Namerology) Below is a big,

Choosing a Spanish boy name can feel like scrolling an endless WhatsApp contact list: lots of Juans, Josés, and Diegos, but also modern stars like Gael, Thiago, and Bruno mixed in. This guide is one big, organized list so you can see the landscape at a glance instead of piecing it together from fifty baby

If you already understand chocolate /tʃokoˈlate/ — chocolate, tomate /toˈmate/ — tomato, jaguar /xaˈɣwaɾ/ — jaguar, canoa /kaˈno.a/ — canoe, huracán /uɾaˈkan/ — hurricane, or barbacoa /baɾbaˈkoa/ — barbecue, surprise: you’ve just met a bunch of Spanish words with Indigenous roots. Spanish is full of words borrowed from Indigenous American languages, Arabic, and other languages.

You already know more “German” Spanish than you think. Every time you say guerra /ˈɡe.ra/ — war, blanco /ˈblan.ko/ — white, or brindis /ˈbɾin.dis/ — toast (as in “cheers!”), you’re using words with German roots hiding in plain sight. Spanish has been borrowing from German and other Germanic languages for centuries: from medieval warriors and

If you’ve ever seen marketing, wifi, or spoiler in a Spanish sentence and thought “Wait, that looks suspiciously English,” you’re not hallucinating. You’ve just met an anglicismo /aŋɡliˈθis.mo/ — an English loanword living its best life in Spanish. The nice part? These words are like vocabulary on easy mode. You already know the meaning. You

You’ve probably met a lot of palabras prestadas /paˈla.βɾas pɾesˈta.ðas/ — borrowed words — in Spanish without realizing it. You’re walking past un hotel /oˈtel/ — hotel, you park in un garaje /ɡaˈɾa.xe/ — garage, you send un mensaje /menˈsa.xe/ — message, and boom, you’re casually using French DNA in your Spanish. This guide is

If talking on the phone in Spanish makes you want to “accidentally” lose signal, you’re not alone. Phone calls add extra pressure: you can’t see the other person, everything feels faster, and suddenly your Spanish disappears right when the receptionist says the first “¿Bueno?” The good news: professional phone calls follow very predictable scripts. Once

If you only know fiesta /ˈfjesta/ — party — and cerveza /θeɾˈβeθa, seɾˈβesa/ — beer — you can survive a night out in Spanish. But if you want to understand your friends when they say things like salimos de juerga y acabamos a las tantas /saˈlimos ðe ˈxweɾɣa i akaˈβamos a las ˈtantas/ — we