Learning Spanish

Spanish words of the week: palo or pala?

No getting the wrong end of the stick with Spanish nouns palo (masculine) and pala (feminine) as we continue our series looking at the commonest meanings of potentially confusable words. Read More

Spanish words of the week: gorro or gorra?

A new year brings a new opportunity to uncover the meanings of two superficially similar Spanish nouns that mean slightly different things. This week’s words are gorro (masculine) and gorra (feminine). Read More

Spanish words of the week: plaza or plazo?

Here is another instalment in our series on pairs of Spanish nouns that, while similar in form, have very different meanings. This week’s pair are plazo and plaza. Read More

Spanish words of the week: mota or moto?

Time to brush up your knowledge of the commonest meanings of more nouns that, while similar in form, have very different meanings. This week’s pair are 'moto' and 'mota'. Read More

Spanish words of the week: cuadro or cuadra?

Our task today is to square up to two more similar-looking Spanish nouns and to identify the commonest uses of each: these are cuadro (masculine) and cuadra (feminine). Read More

Spanish words of the week: tallo or talla?

Time to get the measure of two more superficially similar Spanish nouns and uncover their different uses: these are tallo (masculine) and talla (feminine). Read More

Spanish words of the week: plata or plato?

Another week, another opportunity to buff up our knowledge of two similar-looking Spanish nouns with different meanings. This week it’s the turn of 'plata' and 'plato'. Read More

Spanish words of the week: manzana or manzano?

It’s time to peel the layers off another pair of Spanish nouns which look similar in form but mean different things depending on their ending and gender. This week it’s the turn of feminine manzana and masculine manzano. Read More

Spanish words of the week: clara and claro

Here we take a closer look at another pair of similar-looking Spanish nouns whose meanings differ depending on ending and gender: 'clara' and 'claro'. Read More