Foreign Native

In Spanish double negatives are valid when referring to the absence of people and things.
“No hay nada,” — literally, “there isn’t nothing” — is a multi-purpose expression which can mean the fridge is empty, no one showed up for the game, or nobody knows anything about this. It can also mean “there’s nothing.”
Likewise, “no hay […]

Stray dogs are still part of the Mexican landscape. The number of street dogs has diminished substantially over the years with the work of the catchers, but strays - mongrels for the most part - can still be seen hanging around the markets and street stalls, where their scavenging for food has a greater chance […]