Tapping to Pay like a Local: Setting Up Mobile Payments—Spanish Phrases at the Cashier
A Coffee, a QR Code, and an Awkward Pause Last December I ducked into Café Gato Tuerto near Parque Duarte, pulled out my phone, and aimed to pay with
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
Tango on the Tongue: A Beginner’s Stroll through Lunfardo, the Argentine Slang That Hijacks Standard Spanish
A humid night in Santo Domingo, I sat nursing a presidente beer with a porteño traveler named Martín. We were swapping Dominican and Colombian dicho
Talking to Dominican Plumbers: Water-Pressure Complaints and Parts Names
When the Shower Becomes a Drizzle Three months after I moved into a pastel-green apartment in Santo Domingo Este, my morning shower performed a magic
Talking Through the Twinge: Explaining Chronic Back Pain to a Dominican Physiotherapist
Una mañana con dolor y el primer paso para hablarlo It was a sticky Santo Domingo dawn when I tried to tie my shoelaces and felt a lightning-bolt spa