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…
No repitas como un loro todo lo que oyes: Repetir verb The verb “repetir” is a common verb in Spanish language, it means to do something again or it can mean to say what others have said again too. Its most common use is when someone wants to say that someone likes gossiping. For example; ‘’ella repite todo lo que…
Sabes más que pescado frito: Conjugation of the verb Saber If you try to make an estimate, could you say how many verbs you know? Maybe a few come to your mind, and I am sure there is one that we have just used, we learn it since we start talking because it is inevitably part of our daily vocabulary,…
De querer a amar: Spanish vocabulary Imagine this situation: You go out with a person, you have a friendship, and you get along well, so you decide to try to take it a step further and set up a date. The date is terrible, there are awkward silences, it turns out that that pair of interests that brought you together…
What will the sheep count?: Conjugation of the verb Dormir The perfect time of each day for many people, no matter if you are someone who takes afternoon naps, sleeps a lot at night, or are the rare 5% of the population that gets less than 5 hours of rest at any time of the day and wake up ready…
