Tap, Scan, ¡Listo! — Setting Up Mobile Payments in Spanish at the Cashier
I realized my phone was more powerful than my wallet while juggling a coconut paleta, a dripping credit card, and a line of impatient shoppers at a Sa
Talking About Sports in Spanish: Football, Baseball, and Beyond
Where my Spanish truly turned pro I had lived in the Dominican Republic for six months before I realized my Spanish still belonged to textbooks. Order
Talking About Feelings with Your Partner in Spanish: Jealousy, Arguments, and Reconciliation
Written by an expat who thought he had Spanish nailed—until his Dominican girlfriend’s eyebrow rose higher than a Caribbean sunrise because I answ
Sun, Sand, and “Sombrillas”: Spanish for Renting Beach Gear in Two Caribbean Worlds
The breeze smelled like fried fish and sunscreen when I strolled onto Playa Alicia in Sosúa, clutching a half-melted limoncillo paleta. A vendor in a
Street‑Food Spanish: Ordering Pica Pollo, Empanadas, and More
The Dominican Republic’s north coast has taught me many lessons—how to dodge moto‑taxis, how to predict rain by the smell of seaweed—yet the m