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This is the big font version of the word search design from my Red Bubble shop, designed to yield a lot of words!
¿Qué palabras puedes encontrar?
Find it on different products (cushions, bathmats, notebooks...) at www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1767...
#PractiseSpanish
¿Qué palabras puedes encontrar?
Find it on different products (cushions, bathmats, notebooks...) at www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/1767...
#PractiseSpanish
Back in A&E.
Still in pain. Have lost 2 or 3 kg in two days, cause I can’t eat or drink from the pain and nausea... and I am quite yellow.
It looks like jaundice.
I am exhausted, these last three days feel like a month.
Still in pain. Have lost 2 or 3 kg in two days, cause I can’t eat or drink from the pain and nausea... and I am quite yellow.
It looks like jaundice.
I am exhausted, these last three days feel like a month.
December 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Back in A&E.
Still in pain. Have lost 2 or 3 kg in two days, cause I can’t eat or drink from the pain and nausea... and I am quite yellow.
It looks like jaundice.
I am exhausted, these last three days feel like a month.
Still in pain. Have lost 2 or 3 kg in two days, cause I can’t eat or drink from the pain and nausea... and I am quite yellow.
It looks like jaundice.
I am exhausted, these last three days feel like a month.
Aprendiendo is nearly always used after the verb estar (I think)
E.g. Estoy aprendiendo, estaba aprendiendo etc.
Ando and iendo are like "ing" in English.
E.g. Estoy aprendiendo, estaba aprendiendo etc.
Ando and iendo are like "ing" in English.
December 27, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Ok ginger (in Spanish ”jenjibre”) tea strikes again, it’s sorted me right out!
Pain: gone; nausea: gone; liquids: in. I can breathe again!
Please, wash your hands more and take care.
Some of us with chronic crap take a beating out of “normal“ stuff.
Pain: gone; nausea: gone; liquids: in. I can breathe again!
Please, wash your hands more and take care.
Some of us with chronic crap take a beating out of “normal“ stuff.
December 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Ok ginger (in Spanish ”jenjibre”) tea strikes again, it’s sorted me right out!
Pain: gone; nausea: gone; liquids: in. I can breathe again!
Please, wash your hands more and take care.
Some of us with chronic crap take a beating out of “normal“ stuff.
Pain: gone; nausea: gone; liquids: in. I can breathe again!
Please, wash your hands more and take care.
Some of us with chronic crap take a beating out of “normal“ stuff.
Christmas morning spent in the emergency room and Boxing day in high discomfort and pain…
Unexpected, but unsurprising.
🫠
Unexpected, but unsurprising.
🫠
December 26, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Christmas morning spent in the emergency room and Boxing day in high discomfort and pain…
Unexpected, but unsurprising.
🫠
Unexpected, but unsurprising.
🫠
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No soy religiosa, pero me gusta una festividad, así que:
¡Felices Fiestas!
Happy Holidays!
(Not religious, but I do like a festivity)
¡Felices Fiestas!
Happy Holidays!
(Not religious, but I do like a festivity)
December 24, 2025 at 12:10 PM
No soy religiosa, pero me gusta una festividad, así que:
¡Felices Fiestas!
Happy Holidays!
(Not religious, but I do like a festivity)
¡Felices Fiestas!
Happy Holidays!
(Not religious, but I do like a festivity)
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One generous serving of orange loaf. Still warm
December 24, 2025 at 2:56 AM
One generous serving of orange loaf. Still warm
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No, omg so grateful to learn this word! And we definitely need something like this in English! 😆
Cantinflear: Speaking or acting in a nonsensical and incongruous manner and saying nothing of substance.
Cantinflear: Speaking or acting in a nonsensical and incongruous manner and saying nothing of substance.
April 5, 2024 at 12:18 PM
No, omg so grateful to learn this word! And we definitely need something like this in English! 😆
Cantinflear: Speaking or acting in a nonsensical and incongruous manner and saying nothing of substance.
Cantinflear: Speaking or acting in a nonsensical and incongruous manner and saying nothing of substance.
Just saw that Chat GPT and Perplexity have crawled my post on journaling in Spanish to respond to queries a number of times.
I have mixed feelings, but they get less mixed if I think my work may not have been mentioned as a source.
Any advice?
The post
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I have mixed feelings, but they get less mixed if I think my work may not have been mentioned as a source.
Any advice?
The post
www.anchoaescastilla.com/post/some-id...
Some ideas to help you start a diary in Spanish
Some resources so you can start your diary in Spanish and start practising, even if you're new to the language.
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December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Just saw that Chat GPT and Perplexity have crawled my post on journaling in Spanish to respond to queries a number of times.
I have mixed feelings, but they get less mixed if I think my work may not have been mentioned as a source.
Any advice?
The post
www.anchoaescastilla.com/post/some-id...
I have mixed feelings, but they get less mixed if I think my work may not have been mentioned as a source.
Any advice?
The post
www.anchoaescastilla.com/post/some-id...
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Fun fact- a lot of edtech creates gambling habits in children - and Duolingo and times tables rockstars (as well as Roblox (not edtech) ) are good examples but not the only offenders
Streaks, leagues, playing for points you can “spend”.. all of it should be as illegal as ads for sugary cereal are.
Streaks, leagues, playing for points you can “spend”.. all of it should be as illegal as ads for sugary cereal are.
December 23, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Fun fact- a lot of edtech creates gambling habits in children - and Duolingo and times tables rockstars (as well as Roblox (not edtech) ) are good examples but not the only offenders
Streaks, leagues, playing for points you can “spend”.. all of it should be as illegal as ads for sugary cereal are.
Streaks, leagues, playing for points you can “spend”.. all of it should be as illegal as ads for sugary cereal are.
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…. i started learning spanish because of bad bunny ❤️
December 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
…. i started learning spanish because of bad bunny ❤️
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I’m a little bit blown away at how incredibly educational and helpful www.languagetransfer.org/courses has been.
I’ve been struggling with finding a beginner course for learning Spanish; I wish I found this sooner.
#LanguageLearning #SpanishLearning #LearnSpanish #SpeakingSpanish
I’ve been struggling with finding a beginner course for learning Spanish; I wish I found this sooner.
#LanguageLearning #SpanishLearning #LearnSpanish #SpeakingSpanish
Free Courses — Language Transfer
www.languagetransfer.org
December 22, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I’m a little bit blown away at how incredibly educational and helpful www.languagetransfer.org/courses has been.
I’ve been struggling with finding a beginner course for learning Spanish; I wish I found this sooner.
#LanguageLearning #SpanishLearning #LearnSpanish #SpeakingSpanish
I’ve been struggling with finding a beginner course for learning Spanish; I wish I found this sooner.
#LanguageLearning #SpanishLearning #LearnSpanish #SpeakingSpanish
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Yo estaba confundida porque todo el tiempo en este show, están hablando de “lana,” “necesito lana” “dáme lana” y pensé “lana?? cómo 🐑??”
pero, no jaja
es como “dinero” o “efectivo”
gracias, mexicanos 🐑
#aprendiendoespanol
pero, no jaja
es como “dinero” o “efectivo”
gracias, mexicanos 🐑
#aprendiendoespanol
December 16, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Yo estaba confundida porque todo el tiempo en este show, están hablando de “lana,” “necesito lana” “dáme lana” y pensé “lana?? cómo 🐑??”
pero, no jaja
es como “dinero” o “efectivo”
gracias, mexicanos 🐑
#aprendiendoespanol
pero, no jaja
es como “dinero” o “efectivo”
gracias, mexicanos 🐑
#aprendiendoespanol
Stan's theme has been today's earworm. In Spanish we say "se me ha pegado" = it's stuck to me
Hoy se me ha pegado la canción de Stan. En inglés a las canciones que se pegan se les llama "earworm" = gusano de oído.
#LearnSpanish #AprendeIngles
Hoy se me ha pegado la canción de Stan. En inglés a las canciones que se pegan se les llama "earworm" = gusano de oído.
#LearnSpanish #AprendeIngles
a pixel art of two men standing next to each other talking .
Alt: a pixel art of two men standing next to each other talking, the one on the right moves his limbs a lot while talking. Scene is from Monkey Island, featuring Guybrush Threepwood on the left, and Stan on the right
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December 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Stan's theme has been today's earworm. In Spanish we say "se me ha pegado" = it's stuck to me
Hoy se me ha pegado la canción de Stan. En inglés a las canciones que se pegan se les llama "earworm" = gusano de oído.
#LearnSpanish #AprendeIngles
Hoy se me ha pegado la canción de Stan. En inglés a las canciones que se pegan se les llama "earworm" = gusano de oído.
#LearnSpanish #AprendeIngles
Today I’ve been to a really cool bookstore called “Manolo no sabe que es un gato“ (Manolo doesn’t know he is a cat).
The owner and I have spent some time praising each other’s weird business name 😅
The owner and I have spent some time praising each other’s weird business name 😅
December 20, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Today I’ve been to a really cool bookstore called “Manolo no sabe que es un gato“ (Manolo doesn’t know he is a cat).
The owner and I have spent some time praising each other’s weird business name 😅
The owner and I have spent some time praising each other’s weird business name 😅
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They're also missing out on a deep potential source of joy. Alcachofa is the word for both an artichoke and a shower head. I don't know what else you could ask for in a language. Also connecting with hispanohablantes in their own language is great, actually
the reality is Spanish is our de facto second language and white people need to sack up and face reality
Cannot believe this version of the Republican Party won a record number of Latino/Hispanic voters, this country is so cooked lol
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 PM
They're also missing out on a deep potential source of joy. Alcachofa is the word for both an artichoke and a shower head. I don't know what else you could ask for in a language. Also connecting with hispanohablantes in their own language is great, actually
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Making the most of the early fall sunshine with some urban sketching in the Albaicín, Granada
November 4, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Making the most of the early fall sunshine with some urban sketching in the Albaicín, Granada
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A Spanish infinitive has two parts. The stem and the ending. Infinitive endings are -ar, -er, and -ir. Remove the ending and the stem remains.
Hablar, remove -ar, stem = habl-
Comer, remove-er, stem = com
Recibir, remove-ir, stem = recib-
A Spanish infinitive has two parts. The stem and the ending. Infinitive endings are -ar, -er, and -ir. Remove the ending and the stem remains.
Hablar, remove -ar, stem = habl-
Comer, remove-er, stem = com
Recibir, remove-ir, stem = recib-
December 19, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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- Estoy estudiando inglés.
- ¿Tú? ¿Estás aprendiendo inglés?.
- No, estoy estudiando inglés.
- ¿Tú? ¿Estás aprendiendo inglés?.
- No, estoy estudiando inglés.
December 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
- Estoy estudiando inglés.
- ¿Tú? ¿Estás aprendiendo inglés?.
- No, estoy estudiando inglés.
- ¿Tú? ¿Estás aprendiendo inglés?.
- No, estoy estudiando inglés.
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Per Mark Davies (2005), ~4,000 words covers 90% of words heard in 'typical' conversation in Spanish.
2600 nouns
980 adjectives
230 verbs
50 adverbs
~ 3800 total forms plus 200 function words (determiners, prepositions, conjunctions, etc)
~2000 words (50 verbs) covers 80%
#LangSky #LearningSpanish
2600 nouns
980 adjectives
230 verbs
50 adverbs
~ 3800 total forms plus 200 function words (determiners, prepositions, conjunctions, etc)
~2000 words (50 verbs) covers 80%
#LangSky #LearningSpanish
[PDF] Vocabulary Range and Text Coverage: Insights from the Forthcoming Routledge Frequency Dictionary of Spanish | Semantic Scholar
An important question for natural language researchers, general linguists, and even teachers and students is how much text coverage can be achieved with a certain number of lexemes in a given language...
www.semanticscholar.org
December 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Per Mark Davies (2005), ~4,000 words covers 90% of words heard in 'typical' conversation in Spanish.
2600 nouns
980 adjectives
230 verbs
50 adverbs
~ 3800 total forms plus 200 function words (determiners, prepositions, conjunctions, etc)
~2000 words (50 verbs) covers 80%
#LangSky #LearningSpanish
2600 nouns
980 adjectives
230 verbs
50 adverbs
~ 3800 total forms plus 200 function words (determiners, prepositions, conjunctions, etc)
~2000 words (50 verbs) covers 80%
#LangSky #LearningSpanish
A student who used to get nervous when speaking, used to hate being told "Say something in Spanish!", so I taught him the expression:
"No soy un mono de feria" = I'm not a performing monkey
Today he told me he finally got to use it with friends and everyone laughed when he translated ❤️
"No soy un mono de feria" = I'm not a performing monkey
Today he told me he finally got to use it with friends and everyone laughed when he translated ❤️
a cartoon character is holding a green blanket and says pleased
Alt: Master Shifu from Kung Fu Panda, looking pleased with "Pleased" written underneath
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December 18, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A student who used to get nervous when speaking, used to hate being told "Say something in Spanish!", so I taught him the expression:
"No soy un mono de feria" = I'm not a performing monkey
Today he told me he finally got to use it with friends and everyone laughed when he translated ❤️
"No soy un mono de feria" = I'm not a performing monkey
Today he told me he finally got to use it with friends and everyone laughed when he translated ❤️
HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE ONE WITH JANE GOODALL!?!?!?!
Jane Goodall y sus descubrimientos revolucionarios sobre los chimpancés | #LaRevuelta 30.04.2025
Parte 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE7l...
Parte 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7_w...
#LearnSpanish #AprendeEspañol #LearnEnglish #AprendeIngles
Jane Goodall y sus descubrimientos revolucionarios sobre los chimpancés | #LaRevuelta 30.04.2025
Parte 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE7l...
Parte 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7_w...
#LearnSpanish #AprendeEspañol #LearnEnglish #AprendeIngles
December 18, 2025 at 12:36 PM
HOW COULD I HAVE FORGOTTEN THE ONE WITH JANE GOODALL!?!?!?!
Jane Goodall y sus descubrimientos revolucionarios sobre los chimpancés | #LaRevuelta 30.04.2025
Parte 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE7l...
Parte 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7_w...
#LearnSpanish #AprendeEspañol #LearnEnglish #AprendeIngles
Jane Goodall y sus descubrimientos revolucionarios sobre los chimpancés | #LaRevuelta 30.04.2025
Parte 1 www.youtube.com/watch?v=FE7l...
Parte 2 www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7_w...
#LearnSpanish #AprendeEspañol #LearnEnglish #AprendeIngles
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Found this song on an amazing site for teachers that has FREE Spanish language curriculum centering Blackness in Latin America and Black language learners.
Creators: #linguistics professors Dr. Aris Clemons, Dr. M. Baralt, and @ujuanya.bsky.social
It has lessons, audio, video 🌱🎶
#LearningSpanish
Creators: #linguistics professors Dr. Aris Clemons, Dr. M. Baralt, and @ujuanya.bsky.social
It has lessons, audio, video 🌱🎶
#LearningSpanish
December 17, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Found this song on an amazing site for teachers that has FREE Spanish language curriculum centering Blackness in Latin America and Black language learners.
Creators: #linguistics professors Dr. Aris Clemons, Dr. M. Baralt, and @ujuanya.bsky.social
It has lessons, audio, video 🌱🎶
#LearningSpanish
Creators: #linguistics professors Dr. Aris Clemons, Dr. M. Baralt, and @ujuanya.bsky.social
It has lessons, audio, video 🌱🎶
#LearningSpanish
Ok, estaba leyendo la newsletter de clima y medio ambiente de El País, y acabo de aprender una palabra nueva en español (soy nativa).
Baladí = poco importante
dle.rae.es/balad%C3%AD
#LearnSpanish
Baladí = poco importante
dle.rae.es/balad%C3%AD
#LearnSpanish
baladí | Diccionario de la lengua española
Definición RAE de «baladí» según el Diccionario de la lengua española: 1. adj. De poca importancia. 2. adj. desus. Propio de la tierra o del país.
dle.rae.es
December 17, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Ok, estaba leyendo la newsletter de clima y medio ambiente de El País, y acabo de aprender una palabra nueva en español (soy nativa).
Baladí = poco importante
dle.rae.es/balad%C3%AD
#LearnSpanish
Baladí = poco importante
dle.rae.es/balad%C3%AD
#LearnSpanish