Spanish words of the week: gráfico or gráfica?
Both ‘un gráfico’ (masculine) and ‘una gráfica’ (feminine) can be any kind of diagram showing information in visual form
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Spanish vocabulary
Why do many Spanish speakers refer to Spanish as castellano?
Castellano and español are both names for the language we call Spanish. The choice of one term or the other is rooted in history, politics, regional identity and usage.
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Spanish word of the week: faltar
Faltar is a Spanish verb everyone needs, though it’s probably underused by non-native speakers. It often indicates that something or someone is absent, missing or in short supply.
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Spanish word of the week: soler
If you don’t already use it habitually, soler is a very useful Spanish verb worth bringing into your active vocabulary. In the present tense you use soler followed by an infinitive to talk about things you or others are in the habit of doing or usually do.
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Spanish words of the week: colado or colada?
Here we are again, hanging out another pair of Spanish words to air their differences in usage. Today’s duo are ‘colado’ and ‘colada’.
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Spanish words of the week: cerámica or cerámico?
It’s another occasion to go pottering about among some similar-looking Spanish words, unearthing how they are typically used and cracking apart the differences between them and some other terms. Our main subjects today are cerámica and cerámico.
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Spanish words of the week: narrativa or narrativo?
Today we enter the world of storytelling as we explore the differences in usage between the Spanish words narrativa and narrativo, and we consider a couple of related words too.
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Spanish words of the week: exclusiva or exclusivo?
As an exclusive offering to users of this website, today we examine how the Spanish words exclusiva and exclusivo are used.
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Spanish words of the week: mecánica or mecánico?
We continue our series on commonly confused Spanish terms with ‘mecánica’ and ‘mecánico’.
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