Hola amigas y amigos! Autumn is here! It’s freezing in Madrid! Marina found a funny Spanish phrase this morning, ‘Los únicos marrones que me gustan,

¡Hola amigas y amigos! First more cool, real Spanish vocab, then news of NEW real Spanish audios from Ben and Marina coming very soon, plus

Hola amigas y amigos, Lots of news today! First some useful Spanish phrases with ‘dar vuelta’, then links to a great interview with Ben and

Hola amigas y amigos, We hope you’ve had a great summer! We spent some time at the beach in Cantabria, near Santander (see the photo

You’ve probably heard the phrase, ‘Estás en Babia’, to mean that you are dreamy, distracted, or ‘on another planet’. It comes from times gone by,

Queridos amigos, As you know, we love to collect and share with you real Spanish phrases (Ben carries a notebook around and is always writing

Happiness Phrases The following phrases can all be used in Spain (there may be variations in South/Latin America) to say that you, or someone else,

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This beautiful flower, springing up all over the sierras north of Madrid recently as the summer weather gives way to autumn, is called a quitameriendas,

Here are some useful phrases for when you need a hand in Spanish! ¿Tienes un momentito (e.g. para ayudarme con la cena)? – Have you

Hola! It’s revision/review time – Last year we emailed some of you about Spanish for snacks, and we wanted to make sure you all get

The above statue was spotted near the Palacio Real by a friend as we walked around Madrid – some witty person has hung a sign

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Un lago en la Selva Negra… Here is a quick round up of our summer holidays incorporating some useful Spanish expressions (in bold): ¡Ya estamos

May 10, 2011 Here is a great email we got recently from a listener (when it was still cold here in Madrid!): “Hola Ben, I’m

We wanted to share one or our favourite expressions, and other related vocab, from one of the episodes in our Gold Two program: Hoy me

¡Hola! Sometimes I’m truly amazed by the places you can find new Spanish phrases… The other day I was washing my hands in a public

Junio 2, 2010 Find out how to talk to this lot in today’s downloads! UNO: Super-Useful PDF’s! ¡Hola! We’ve been going through our personal archives

¡Hola! We’ve got a great new free Spanish report for you, all about uses of the verb ‘Dar’. In fact, we’ve come up with a

[Download MP3] In today’s special audio, part of our mission to help you have your best Spanish learning year ever, Ben and Marina look at

[Download MP3] We recently got an email from Phil, who lives in Andalusia, about a bit of a problem: “…one of the problems I have

One of the biggest Spanish learning tips I can give anyone who is likely to be spending some time in a Spanish speaking country, is:

How many do you know? Which is your favourite? Join the dar discussion in our forum!

When I started learning Spanish here in Spain over 10 years ago, one of the things that most motivated and inspired me was picking up

1. Más terco que una mula. (literal translation – More stubborn than a mule) Significado real: Expresión que se usa para referirse a alguien muy

1. De pascuas a ramos. (literal translation – From easter to bunches) Significado real: Expresión que se usa para indicar que algo no ocurre muy

1. Ni viva, ni muerta. (literal translation – Neither alive nor dead!) Significado real: Expresión informal que se usa para indicar que no quieres hacer

1. ¡A caballo regalado no le mires el diente! (literal translation – To a given horse don’t look its teeth) Significado real: La boca del