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19 Ways To Say I Love You In Spanish Like Latinos Do It

You want to make that person feel special; tell him or her something that shows your feelings, but what words should you pick, how do you even say I love you in Spanish if that’s what you mean? 

Interestingly, the words you pick for this situation matter a lot in this beautiful language. 

This is because if you pick the wrong words, you could send the wrong signals to people. 

I mean, you don’t want to tell your grandpa that you love him as a husband, do you? 😅

To avoid that uncomfortable confusion, in this blog post, I will share with you 19 different ways to say I love you in Spanish.

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10 Unusual Websites With Fascinating Spanish Articles To Read So That You Immerse Yourself In The Language

Have you ever struggled to find Spanish articles to read that you can enjoy, immerse and understand with ease?…

I’ve been there too because I struggled a lot to find stuff I enjoyed reading when I was learning English.

Today I want to make it easier for you and your Spanish learning journey in this blog post. I’ll share 10 websites with Spanish articles to read that I’m confident will be worth your time.

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Make Her Smile! 21 Beautiful Expressions Latinos Use With Words That Describe Mom In Spanish

What are some words that describe mom in Spanish?

Have you even recently expressed appreciation for your mother?

If she speaks Spanish then you definitely need to show that you love her in her own language because remember…

Motherhood can be challenging and she deserves good words from you!

In fact, no matter where you live, an expression to show some love towards your mom is always valuable.

In this blog post, I’ll teach you 21 beautiful expressions that people use to refer to mothers in Spanish.

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10 Films In Spanish To Get In Touch With The Culture

10 Films In Spanish To Get In Touch With The Culture

Today I’m happy to feature a guest post by Pedro, one of the writers at the LingoPie blog, which is a language learning platform dedicated to making language learning immersive through TV and movies. 

It’s no secret that movies are one of those resources that sometimes shine as Spanish learning resources.

But what are some interesting movies to watch out there? Especially in Spanish where you may find such a long catalog of movies! 

Pedro has great recommendations for you, and I have even watched some of them.

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LingQ 5.0 Review: Is It Still Worth Your Time & Money?

What’s your favorite app to learn languages?… Mine is LingQ without a doubt.

And since there’s a new version (5.0) available now, I thought it was a great opportunity to review it. 

In this blog post, we’ll go through some of the reasons why I think you should be using LingQ to learn languages, as well as present you the things I don’t like about the app.

My goal with this review is to describe how LingQ works and my opinion about this service.

It will help you to make a conscious choice on how this app may help you learn a new language.

More importantly though, for readers of this blog:

Will it help you learn or improve your Spanish? 

Let’s find out… 

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¿Qué Es “Comprehensible Input”?… El Método Definitivo Para Aprender Español

La primera vez que escuché hablar acerca del “Comprehensible input”  fue cuando yo estaba aprendiendo inglés.

Mientras escuchaba una de las lecciones de AJ Hoge,  él mencionó que había basado su sistema para aprender inglés en las investigaciones de algunos expertos.

AJ Habló  de un respetado lingüista e investigador llamado Stephen Krashen y  explicó brevemente de qué se trataba “El Comprehensible input”.

Algunos años después, cuando empecé a escribir este blog, me di cuenta de que muchos de los políglotas más populares de Internet, también hablaban acerca de este tema.

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20 Ways To Say Calm Down In Spanish That Latinos Say To Avoid Losing Their Cool

How do you say calm down in Spanish?… Cálmate.

That’s the exact translation from English to Spanish if that’s all you were looking for.

However, if you’ve been studying Spanish for a while now then you probably know that native speakers use way more than English equivalents to express ideas. 

If you are thinking about traveling or maybe if you have Spanish-speaking friends, you must know those other ways to say “cálmante”.

After all, everyone has periods in which we lose our cool and we need someone else to tell us to chill out.

Will you need someone telling you to calm down or are you going to say that to somebody else?

Either way, you need to know these expressions.

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¿Por Qué Escuchar Español Es Más Importante Que Hablar En Español?

Ya llevas un buen tiempo aprendiendo español. 

De hecho, tienes un “streak” casi perfecto en Duolingo y sigues ganando cada test de gramática en tu clase de español. 

Vas muy bien, pero hay un problema… 

Cada vez que escuchas a dos nativos hablar en español no entiendes absolutamente nada. 

Peor aun, cuando tú tratas de hablar español con un nativo, siempre utilizas frases como: 

“Más despacio por favor”, o la clásica “repite por favor”.

Si te pasa eso, tu problema es uno y solo uno: 

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