Ink and Fine Print: Reading Receipts and Warranties in Spanish
A Surprise at the Appliance Store Last August in Santiago de los Caballeros, my blender died mid-batida, leaving half-crushed papaya clinging to the b
Indicative, Subjunctive, and Imperative—Three Spanish Mood Rings Explained
Why Talk About Moods at All? If verbs are the engines of language, moods are the gears. In English we barely notice them, but in Spanish they drive me
How to Politely Make (and Cancel) Appointments in Spanish
Why Appointment Spanish Deserves Its Own Playbook Setting up an appointment feels routine—until you’re in a new country where one wrong verb tense
How Soccer Commentary Varies by Region—and What It Teaches About Real-World Spanish
The 92nd-minute goal that tuned my ear to accents, not tactics I was crammed into one of Santo Domingo’s noisy colmados, the kind with plastic chair