The verb “servir” is widely used among Spanish native speakers, this can have two meanings; one being to work or being useful, and the other when we want to talk about bringing food to the table. In English, this verb is used similar to “to serve”. Also, this is commonly used in the expression “no sirve para nada” (is useless),…
When you’re learning a new language, there are several aspects that come into play, and it may be a little bit overwhelming at the beginning. A pretty useful tip is to start learning the most frequently used words. Here we’ve gathered for you 200 of the most common Spanish verbs you’ll come across in everyday conversations. Knowing their meaning and…
“COLGAR LOS GUANTES SERÍA LO MÁS SENCILLO, PERO JAMÁS LO MÁS CORRECTO – THIS TERM HAS A DOUBLE MEANING, TO FIND OUT WHAT IT MEANS, READ THIS COMPLETE ARTICLE”. English Translation: hang, hang up, be hanging, be suspended. The word colgar has three meanings in the Spanish language. It can be an intransitive verb, meaning to hang something on a hook,…
On your marks, get set, get started! In Spanish, there are three verbs to talk about starting an action: Iniciar, Empezar and Comenzar. Although there are subtle differences that we may talk about in another article, today we are going to talk about the last one we named, the verb Comenzar. Despite sharing etymology with the verb to commence in…
Recomendar and its Uses We use Recomendar in Spanish to express the high esteem we have for someone, praising him usually in order to get a job or position for that person: Recomendé a Jorge para el puesto de supervisor en la fábrica. (I recommended Jorge for the supervisor position in the factory.) To give good (or bad) opinion concerning…
Meanings of Seguir Sigue intentándolo: el verbo seguir (to follow/to continue). The verb ‘’seguir’’ in Spanish can have two different meanings, depending on the context we use it and the message we want to transmit. One of them can be defined as to be behind something or someone, as we used to follow in English. For example: Yo sigo los…
Del dicho al hecho, hay mucho trecho: el verbo decir (to say) The verb “decir” is one of the most used verbs in the Spanish language. However, we use it differently, while the verb to say is used just to mention general statements and the verb to tell is used to communicate information with someone specific, we can use Decir…
Querer es poder (see the meaning of this at the bottom of the article). The Spanish verb Poder can have 2 meanings. One as a verb, that is what we will see here, and the other as a noun. We use “poder” as a verb to refer to abilities or permission different from the English language. In English, we use…
