A new reason to learn a language Recent studies have shown that children who are bilingual have clear cognitive advantages and more brainpower than monolingual children. But what about us adults? The good news is learning a language can help us at the other end of life too apparently and [...]
For my Spanish lesson today, it’s all about construction, if you are moving to Spain and need to deal with local builders, here’s a few handy verbs to get you started… 1. Construir: To build 2. Pintar: To paint 3. Alicatar: To tile 4. Enyesar: To plaster 5. Cementar: To cement [...]
GoLearnTo.com recently featured in the Stylist magazine in its feature on learning a language – “Order this abroad (without sounding like a tourist!)”. GoLearnTo language courses are the perfect solution for busy people who really wish they could speak a second or third language but want to avoid the rigid, week-in-week-out tuition [...]
From Spain to Mexico the hispanic world loves a good fiesta and as its coming up to party season, here are a few Spanish phrases to get the party started: pasarlo bomba- to have a great time un chupito – a shot un huelemoles- a party crasher (lit:-someone who can smell the mole [...]
In Britain we love to talk (complain) about the weather, and Spanish speakers also have a few sayings of their own: -Aguacero a las tres, buena tarde es – A downpour at 3 makes for a good afternoon. -Cuando el sapo canta fuerte, agua promote – When the toad sings aloud, [...]
There are a million ways to express ‘money’ in English, and the Spanish are no different. Spain and Latin America have a fantastic collection of slang words and phrases to describe money, here are a few to try out next time you pop to the tienda apalear oro – be [...]
Always wanted to learn Spanish but thought language courses weren’t for you? Good news! Because you speak English, you already know quite a few Spanish words. Here are some easy Spanish words; they have the same meaning in English – only the pronunciation is different! actor animal banana chocolate color cruel [...]
The multi-functional word ‘cool’ is useful in any language. Here’s how to ‘be cool’ in Spanish whichever hispanic country you’re in from Spain to Venezuela. Argentina- langa (cool person) Spain- molar (to be cool) Mexico- chido (cool) Peru- bácan (cool) Colombia- bacano (cool) Venezuela- chevere (cool) So if you fancy [...]
The Spanish are notoriously proud of their food and wine, and rightly so…make like a wise Spanish food lover with some of these Spanish foodie phrases. – Una fiesta sin comida no es fiesta cumplida- A party without food is isn’t a party at all – Barriga llena, corazón contenta- [...]
Spain are in the final of the World Cup on Sunday and won their place by playing what looked like simple and effortless football but wasn’t. They played as a true team should, running selflessly off the ball, understanding angles and passing quickly and cleanly despite a good solid performance by [...]
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