Gerald's Spanish Language Blog January 2004 Archive

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Here's a Spanish word you won't see in a dictionary, at least not yet: pun. A writer in a Venezuelan newspaper recently noted, the use of pun as a contraction ... Read More

Divorcio might sound like an unusual name for a collection of love songs, but international megastar Julio Silesia's says the title of his newest bestselling album refers not to marital ... Read More

Spanish has a number of verbs that can be used to express the concept of becoming, such as becoming angry or becoming rich. Learn more in the forum...

A U.S.-produced Spanish-language film, María Full of Grace, won the audience award for best dramatic feature at the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, over the weekend. The motion ... Read More

Are you planning to fly to or within a Spanish-speaking country? True, you can fly almost anywhere in the world and get by by speaking English. But using Spanish can ... Read More

None of the three biggest U.S.-based travel sites on the Internet has complete Spanish functionality, even though the United States has more than 28 million Spanish speakers, the Los Angeles ... Read More

It hasn't been unusual in recent years in the United States for presidential speeches and similar events to be broadcast with a simultaneous translation in Spanish. But tonight, for the ... Read More

The particulars of using the subjunctive mood seem to be among the most popular discussion topics in the forum recently. The subjunctive is one of those things whose basic concept ... Read More

Presumably you're visiting this page because you're interested in learning more about the Spanish language. Beyond that, we're curious to know what your interest in the language is: Will knowing ... Read More

The recent addition of 2,600 words to the Diccionario de la Lengua Española of the Spanish Royal Academy shows the vitality of the Spanish language, Las Últimas Noticias of Chile ... Read More

One of the first things you probably learned in Spanish is how to ask and answer an everyday question such as "¿Cómo estás?" ("How are you?"). Do you ever get ... Read More

A recently developed multimedia special by the Argentine newspaper Clarín is a great learning tool for Spanish students beyond the beginner level. The special focuses on the history of the ... Read More

Spanish varies a bit from country to country, but not so much that people from, say, Spain can't communicate easily with someone from Uruguay. But that's not true with Spanish ... Read More

We've added dozens of irregular verbs to our conjugation directory, and more are on the way. While certainly there are some obscure verbs aren't listed, chances are that the verb ... Read More

Speaking a foreign language on the telephone can be even more intimidating than doing so in person, probably because it's easier to miss the nonverbal clues of communication. Fortunately, some ... Read More

Howard Stern no longer is the top morning radio host in New York City. The honor now belongs to Luis Jiménez and Ramón "Moonshadow" Broussard. Their Spanish-language show, "El ... Read More

While it might seem that the classic Spanish novel Don Quijote de la mancha by Cervantes is hardly in need of another translation to English, a new translation by Edith ... Read More

The answer's yes — but in addition to the obvious skill (strong command of at least two languages) you also need a broad knowledge about any subject you may be ... Read More

Irregular verb conjugations have been around for a long, long time in Spanish. In fact, some of the strongest irregularities originated in Latin. Join the discussion on irregular verbs...

Expand your vocabulary a word at a time with our popular Word of the Day feature. This month, all the words begin with B, which promises to make 2004 un ... Read More