The Spanish-language horror flick El orfanato ("The Orphanage") had a modest debut in U.S. cheaters over the weekend, grossing $230,000 in limited release. Its distribution expands from six cities to ... Read More

Aconteció en aquellos días que salió un edicto de parte de César Augusto, para levantar un censo de todo el mundo habitado. Este primer censo se realizó mientras Cirenio era ... Read More

Que siendo María su madre desposada con José, antes que se juntasen, se halló haber concebido del Espíritu Santo. Y José su marido, como era justo, y no quisiese infamarla, ... Read More

One of the most frustrating thing about learning Spanish (and probably just about any other foreign language) is that it seems like Spanish speakers talk too fast. By the time ... Read More

The imperative mood offers one way to give a command or make a request. You haven't learned the imperative mood yet? There are other ways (some more polite than others) ... Read More

La Santa Biblia tiene dos cuentas muy conocidas sobre la primera Navidad. También hay una cuenta que es más difícil de comprender. Lee más...

One common type of sentence structure in Spanish can be particularly ambiguous: the use of a plural subject with a reflexive verb and pronoun. For example, a simple sentence such ... Read More

If you've studied only Latin American Spanish, the verb form in the headline above may not look all that familiar — it's the "you plural" command form of the verb ... Read More

If candidates with the best websites received the most votes, Barack Obama would be the winner among Spanish-speaking voters in upcoming U.S. elections. Obama is one of at least six major ... Read More

If there's any time you'd ever use an indirect object with a form of the English "to be," I certainly can't think of one. But it isn't unusual at all ... Read More

As in English, the names of nationalities aren't always predictable in Spanish. If you're from the United States you might know that you're estadounidense in Spanish (even if your tongue ... Read More

The Internet is changing the way people learn Spanish and other foreign languages. Back when this site was first started, about a decade ago, the best you could hope to find ... Read More

You won't learn about them in most Spanish textbooks, but the fact is that nearly all Spanish speakers use them daily: muletillas, or filler words. They can come in handy ... Read More

The leading Republican candidates in the U.S. presidential contest will hold a nationally televised debate in Spanish this evening — a first for the GOP. The debate begins at 7 ... Read More

Muy, which usually means "very," is one of those words that is easy to overuse. After all, it's short, easy to remember, and expresses a concept you need to say ... Read More

Dictionaries typically give "to believe" as the first meaning of creer, but you'd be making a mistake to always think of it that way. The Spanish verb can also mean ... Read More

A verb used reflexively is one in which its subject is also its direct object. Fortunately, the concept is more straightforward than it sounds. In English, just think of verbs ... Read More

If you're a beginning Spanish student, chances are that you have used the verb llamar in asking people their names, or you will soon: ¡Cómo te llamas? What's your name? ... Read More

Progressive verb forms don't have a lot to do with progress, nor with politics, but they do have something to do with indicating that an action is (or was or ... Read More

If you're using any of our collection of collection of Spanish Christmas carols for teaching Spanish, you might be interested to know that we're adding grammar and vocabulary notes to ... Read More

One of the first phrases you may learn as the equivalent of "have to" is tener que. For example, "Tengo que comer" can be translated as "I have to eat." ... Read More

Venezuelans yesterday handed their president, Hugo Chávez, a dramatic defeat, narrowly turning down a referendum that would have expanded his powers. Two Venezuelan news sources with the latest developments — ... Read More

Spanish has no single word you can use by itself to express the concept of "again." But there are three common ways of expressing the same concept. "Learn more...

Thousands of students and other people learning the Spanish language subscribe to our popular e-mailed Word of the Day, but many of you have found the words too rare or ... Read More

A large number of Spanish nouns end in -miento. It shouldn't be surprising that that suffix has something in common with the English suffix "-ment." Learn more...