EL final or LA final

Common Mistakes, Learn Spanish

The World Cup is in its last stages and your country is in the Final. Of course, you naturally want to write about this in Spanish. 🙂 Do you say your team is in EL final or LA final ? You quickly google both words and they both appear. So which one is correct and why?...

How to say Computer in Spanish – Computador, Computadora, Ordenador

Jokes & Fun, Learn Spanish

How to say Computer in Spanish? There are three different ways of saying computer in Spanish. It depends on where you are located. Spain: el ordenador Chile / Colombia: el computador Latin America: la computadora Here is the official RAE explanation about the...

Cosas que son de color x

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Here is a new picture we have created about typical things of each color in Spanish: This is useful once students have learned Los colores en español One activity to practice the colors in Spanish as well as increase vocabulary is to talk about things that are typical...

¿El Internet or La Internet?

Common Mistakes, Reading

  According to the RAE (Real Academia Española)… Internet is a feminine noun HOWEVER it normally appears without the article LA. Also the first letter of the word is a capital letter. No tengo acceso a Internet (- No “a la” internet) Uso...

Nunca me llevas a ningún lado – Joke

Jokes & Fun

Spanish Joke of the Week Esposa: ¿Para qué nos casamos si nunca me llevas a ningún lado? Esposo: Ah, mi padre me aconsejó que no saliera con mujeres casadas   VOCABULARIO – VOCABULARY Para qué means Why? But more along the lines of “For what purpose” or...