PinPoint Spanish: Insights into Mexican Spanish

Learn about the context and nuances of Mexican Spanish language usage with this PinPoint Spanish series

There is one area where Spanish language usually omits a negative which in English is necessary

Among the many versatilities of the Spanish language is the use of adjectives as nouns.

"Los siete pecados capitales," as they’re called in Spanish, crop up every now and again in conversation

An exercise by BBC Mundo showed the most annoying expression across the Spanish-speaking world is "¿me entiendes?"

The Spanish verb "poder" can also be a cause of many headaches for Spanish speakers learning English

Hand-painted signs provide indisputable public evidence that spelling is not one of the sign-writers' fortés

Spanish offers a potpourri of different terms to describe paths, streets, roads, and highways

Along with two verbs "to be," Spanish also has two different verbs for "to know," as well as two verbs "to have."

If you have lived in Mexico for a while, the title of this article will sound a familiar ring

Standard abbreviations of household words are as much a part of Mexican Spanish as they are of English