Public Rótulos and their Dubious Ortografía
Hand-painted signs and sales boards can provide artistic flair and sometimes amusement, but spelling is not one of the sign-writers' fortés
PinPoint Spanish: Insights into Mexican Spanish
Learn about the context and nuances of Mexican Spanish language usage with this PinPoint Spanish series
Learn about the context and nuances of Mexican Spanish language usage with this PinPoint Spanish series
Blogueando and other Anglicisms Used in Spanish
Technology has brought new words in Spanish into being—mostly English words fitted with the corresponding verb endings and conjugations
The Masculine Plural and Gender Neutrality in Spanish
So-called inclusive language has been creeping into use in Spanish, but the Real Academia Española is so far sticking to its guns
Spanish and the ‘Inclusive Language’ Controversy
Spanish grammar's use of masculine plurals to describe a mix of male and female people or things has been debated at the highest academic level
Bring This With You When You Go
Explaining the difference between "bring" and "take," and when to use one and when the other
That’s what False (Cognate) Friends are for
There are many pairs of words in English-Spanish that look and sound similar but have very different meanings, known as 'false cognates'
The Proliferation of Abbreviations in Mexican Spanish
Standard abbreviations for a wide, and growing, variety of words are as much a part of Mexican Spanish as they are in English
¿Mande Usted? The Formal and Informal You
Spanish has two forms for the word 'you': the formal 'usted' and the informal 'tú.' Choosing the right form for the occasion requires some cultural insight
If You Had Read This: Verb Tenses in Spanish
Some students discover that practice is more helpful than grammar books when it comes to learning conditional tenses in Spanish
Euphemisms and Things Like That
Mexican Spanish makes use of a good number of euphemisms, which play along well with Mexico's penchant for polite language
A Lesson in Object Pronouns
Some complications arise with object pronouns in Spanish when you're dealing with third persons singular and plural
The Gender Problem in Spanish Language Grammar
In Spanish, feminine words end in an 'a' and masculine words in an 'o', and so do corresponding adjectives—but there are a number of exceptions
