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¡Feliz Día del Guajolote!
If you want to tell your Spanish speaking friends Happy Thanksgiving, then this is the phrase you want:Feliz Día de Acción de GraciasHappy ThanksgivingThat's all fine and dandy, but it gets old and...
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¿Qué me ves?
Today we're going to take a look at the verb ver, to see. It seems simple enough, but I've discovered some surprising usages.¿Qué me ves?This is another one of those situations where a literal...
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Every time I go to Mexico, I learn something new. The things I learn are like that box of chocolates Forest Gump talks about, you never know what you're going to get. Sometimes it's useful, sometimes...
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Una paja por favor
Have you ever need to know how to ask for a straw in Spanish? Surprisingly, knowing how to say straw in Spanish can be more difficult than you might think.I remember when I learned how to ask for a...
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¿Me puede pasar corriente?
Sometimes I'm amazed at the amount of Spanish I know. Until I'm abruptly reminded of how much Spanish I don't know.One night after enjoying a nice dinner at a Mexican restaurant, I was completely...
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Tiene que cancelar la entrada
My faithful readers, you are in for a big surprise today. What is it you ask? Instead of talking about Mexican Spanish as I so often do, I'll be sharing my experiences from my trip to Costa Rica....
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¡Pura Vida!
It's time to pick up where I left off with my adventures in Costa Rican Spanish. I probably should have started with this one, but it's never too late so let's get to it.Pura vida is practically the...
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¿Vas a poner la maría?
If you missed my first two posts about my Costa Rica adventures, you can read them here:1. Tienes que cancelar la entrada2. ¡Pura Vida!Let's see if I can wrap things up in this post. So far I...
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¡GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!
Unless you've been trapped in cave for the last few weeks, you've been surrounded by the excitement of the Copa Mundial 2014. And if you have been trapped in a cave and just recently managed to...
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El Caló Mexicano
So what is El Caló Mexicano?El Caló Mexicano is nothing more than Mexican slang. And there's a lot of it.I've written about a lot of Mexican slang over the years, but I've finally decided it's time I...
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Quiero dos con todo
Once again, we're going to be talking about one of my favorite subjects, food. Somehow my Spanish has become inexplicably tied to food, but I love both of them, so no me voy a quejar (I'm not going to...
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El Caló Mexicano, Parte 2
Not too terribly long ago I wrote about El Caló Mexicano, or Mexican slang. Rather than write yet another top 10 list, I decided to write about some very common Mexican slang that your average gringo...
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¿Pichas las caguamas?
If you don't know what a caguama is, let me help you out:It's a species of sea turtle. And since we're on the subject of creatures that live in the water, let's talk about one more, a ballena.Yep, a...
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Ya colgó los tenis
Nobody likes it, but tarde o temprano, we have to talk about someone who's "in a better place". Not my favorite topic, but it's something you should know.The a very common way to refer to people who...
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Pásale Amigo, Pásale
When you're walking up and down Tijuana's most famous street, Revolution Avenue, or La Revu as it is affectionately called by los tijuanenses, you'll hear the word pásale a thousand times. It's said...
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¿Hola bebé qué más pues?
I've been traveling again, but this time I went to a new destination: Medellin, Colombia.Let's talk about some of the Spanish I heard.As far as greetings (saludos) go, I heard the typical buenos días,...
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¿De tela o chócolo?
In this post I'm going to continue sharing my Spanish languages adventures in Medellín, Colombia. If you missed the first installment, no worries, you can read it here: Holo bebé, ¿qué más pues?One...
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Eso que ni que
So there I was, texting away with my carnal:Yo: Hay que disfrutar la vidaMi carnal: Eso que ni queBy the way, carnal is Mexican Spanish for brother, either by blood or a close friendship.Eso que ni...
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Español en las calles de Tijuana
It's been a long time since I've posted anything, but with 2016 now upon us I plan on being back in the saddle with a lot more of the posts you all have enjoyed over the years. And with hopes of making...
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Estoy mamao
Abrazos y amapuchesThis was the text message I got from my amiga venezuelana. While I didn't know exactly what it meant, from the context I knew it was a way of saying goodbye. It's very common for...
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