by Diana Luciana | Aug 18, 2022 | Blog
Food in Spanish is la comida. Fruit is la fruta, vegetables are las verduras, meat is la carne and fish is el pescado. Breakfast is el desayuno, the big midday meal in Mexico is la comida, and dinner is la cena. To say what you like, use me gusta: me gusta la comida...
by Diana Luciana | Jul 15, 2022 | Blog
To ask about the weather in Spanish, say ¿Qué tiempo hace? In Mexico you will also hear ¿Cómo está el clima? To answer, use hace with heat and cold: hace calor, hace frío. Use está for conditions: está nublado, está lloviendo. Small talk about the weather is the...
by Diana Luciana | Jun 9, 2022 | Blog
Some of the most useful Spanish expressions are ser pan comido (to be a piece of cake), meter la pata (to make a mistake), ponerse como un tomate (to blush), encontrar tu media naranja (to find your other half) and el mundo es un pañuelo (it’s a small world)....
by Diana Luciana | Apr 21, 2022 | Blog
Ver means “to see” and happens to you without effort: veo las montañas. Mirar means “to look at” or “to watch” on purpose: mira esto. For TV and movies, Mexicans almost always say ver: vamos a ver una película. If you choose to look, use mirar. Should you say ver la...
by Diana Luciana | Nov 11, 2021 | Blog
Poco means “little” or “not much” and sounds negative: tengo poco tiempo, I don’t have much time. Un poco means “a little” and sounds positive: tengo un poco de tiempo, I have a little time. Before nouns, poco agrees with the noun: pocas personas. Un poco stays the...
by Diana Luciana | Sep 9, 2021 | Blog
Dar ganas de means “to make someone feel like doing something.” Me dan ganas de llorar is “I feel like crying.” Ganas on its own means desire or motivation: tengo ganas de ir, “I feel like going.” In Mexico, échale ganas means “give it your all,” one of the most...
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