Since my last blog post about false friends when learning Spanish, I’ve collected a list of 11 more false friends. These are words in two languages that look or sound similar but have very different meanings. And because the word appears familiar, it can easily trick...
Just when I think I am getting the hang of Spanish, zipping along conversationally with bartenders, doctors and my boyfriend, I hit a speed bump and lurch wildly across the path. I say something relatively simple, about which I’m quite confident, and get a funny look...
If you’ve been staying in La Iglesuela del Tiétar taking intensive Spanish courses in Spain, I have no doubt that you’re enjoying it – I mean, what’s not to like about mountains, a fun way to learn and quiet village life? But I personally know how exhausted your brain...
Since my last blog post about false friends when learning Spanish, I’ve collected a list of 11 more false friends. These are words in two languages that look or sound similar but have very different meanings. And because the word appears familiar, it can easily trick...
The road to Bodega Huellas del Tiétar winds through the Tiétar Valley—one of those routes that makes you roll the windows down just to smell the sun-dried grass and fig trees. By the time you reach Lanzahíta, a tiny village nestled into the southern slopes of the...