living and loving language
You know when you’re just browsing through, surfing over and wandering along? Well, that was me last week when I stumbled upon, literally, an absolutely
My overwhelming impression of Guatemala is of a warm and welcoming people, in a diverse landscape of jungle, temples, volcanoes, lakes, small, colourful towns
Sometimes Spanish can be a bit tricky, but only if it’s not following the same pattern as your native language. It really isn’t tricky at
If you wanted to say something was far away, many of us would have used the word for ‘far’ in Spanish, “LEJOS”. “It’s very far away” could
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This is a lovely expression. What could be nicer than being ‘as good as gold’? Strangely enough, it’s not actually the word “GOLD” used in
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A lot of expressions are of maritime origin. Many in the past have attributed this expression “Estar a dos velas” could mean “being with two sails”, the association deriving from being without resources to travel, leading to the idea of having no money.
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