Habits die hard, and one of them those of us who grew up speaking English have is thinking that the "b" and the "v" are pronounced differently. That's true enough ... Read More

Catalina Sandino Moreno, the Colombian actress who made her film debut playing a teenage drug mule in María, eres llena de gracia, has received the Academy Award nomination for best ... Read More

At times, you may find learning a foreign language a slow and difficult process. But how would it be if there were millions of people paying attention to see how ... Read More

When it came to Sunday's Golden Globe awards, the news of the day in the United States is that "The Aviator" and "Sideways" earned top honors as the best dramatic ... Read More

Whether it will make much difference is anyone's guess, but promoters of having the 2012 Olympics in Madrid have put together a top-notch Web site — one that's a great ... Read More

The general rule for placement of adverbs in Spanish is quite simple: Adverbs typically are placed next to or close to the words they modify. Learn more...

To some observers, it might seem that the Spanish language is chauvinistic or worse. A few examples: A zorro (when referring to a human) is a clever man, but a ... Read More

A professor in Spain lamented in a newspaper article recently that children in his country these days seem to be more familiar with Harry Potter than they are with Caperucita ... Read More

Here's a resolution for the new year: Learn a new Spanish word each day. To do that, simply follow the "Word of the Day" links on this site to see ... Read More