PinPoint Spanish: Insights into Mexican Spanish

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

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

Mexico’s latest linguistic fashion in "them" versus "us" is fifís versus chairos

When Mexicans make fun of Anglo-Saxon efforts at speaking Spanish, they usually focus on the flat r's and incorrect verb conjugations

People who visit Mexico and attend conferences will have discovered that they aren't much different here than anywhere else

The phone rings when you weren't expecting a call. ¿A dónde hablo? (where am I calling?) comes a sharp, testy voice