Image – Madrid’s Retiro Park When our boiler broke the other day (No hot water for showers! No heating just as it gets colder in

Deep in the basement of Madrid’s beautiful old Mercado Vallehermoso, where fruit stalls are being replaced by cool eateries, I found this notice on the

Today I was talking to a Spanish friend about parenting, and I said “Hay que tener mucha mano izquierda”. He asked how you directly translate Tener

Hola! There is a huge wealth of real Spanish in our free special reports archive, and there’s a good chance you haven’t seen it yet!

Queridos amigos, We’ve got a cool Spanish phrase for you, and news of our spring sale. Once again it’s been a wonderful rainy spring so

Dear friends, First of all, ¡Feliz Año Nuevo! Happy New Year! We wanted to start the year by thanking everyone that supported our end of

Dear friends, We are immensely grateful to everyone who has continued to learn Spanish with us this year. We are incredibly lucky to be able

We think this is the most beautiful ‘Thank You’ song on the planet and we share it every year on this day. [Note: If an

Photo: ..a hot Spanish summer afternoon, the Sierra shimmering in the background, the cool blue of the village pool… Queridos amigos, Here’s how to sound

Happy Halloween! ‘Miedo‘ (Fear) is a great Spanish word that changes meaning completely depending on whether it is used literally or colloquially: Literal Meanings: Ay,

It’s Halloween time in Spain, and the streets are full of witches, ghouls and ghosts! We’ve got some special treats for you (and no tricks!)

¡Hola a todos! We’ve been very busy for a while, working on projects like updating the Notes in Spanish website to keep it fresh and

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Mil Gracias! Thank you so much! As promised all total sales in our special ‘ciber lunes’ 4 day promotion, from this past November 23rd to

UPDATE: The sale is now over! To read how much we made for this great cause during this special promotion, read the next blog post

“If I had my way, I would ditch the textbook curriculum and just use the wonderful materials that you have worked so hard to produce!”

Today we have a special guest post from one of our listeners, Andrew, on how to make the most of Children’s books, stories, videos and

3 Things You Can Do To Improve Your Spanish Today! Number One: Fun Spanish TV! We were recently asked to recommend a Spanish TV show,

A friend of ours recently wrote a blog post in Spanish about happiness, in reply to another post I (Ben) wrote elsewhere: ¿Cuántas vacas tienes

Dear Notes in Spanish Listeners! How to sound really Spanish when it’s 39 degrees Celsius (102 Fahrenheit) outside – which is forecast for this week

Estas dos canciones me ponen los pelos de punta – These two songs make my hair stand on end! (…That’s a great phrase to learn

Here’s a montage that someone on youtube put together of a very typical Spansih Christmas carol… Lyrics and notes below… About the Carol: For a

As Marina and I are preparing for Christmas here in Madrid, we want to take a moment to wish all the Notes in Spanish listeners

Note: This post has now moved to an updated version here.

I, Ben, recently sent out an email with a BIG error in the subject line, which started “Última día!” Boy did I get some quick

Yesterday I (Ben) had to take our car for the annual Inspección Técnica de Vehículos (ITV – a bit like the British MOT), where they

¡Hola! Our latest project, Notes in Spanish Gold 2, is open NOW! Click here to get it right now! You’ll be getting instant access to

The Spanish verb llevar has many different meanings – we’ve covered the most important for you (over 30 uses!) in this special report… but don’t

We are constantly asked about how to translate the simple English verb ‘become’ into Spanish. And there is no simple answer! The Spanish use other