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If you are Learning Spanish and take a quick look at any list of locations around Mexico you’ll immediately notice a pattern: places like Tlatelolco and Chihuaha are not Spanish at all – they come from Nahuatl, the language of the ancient Aztecs. Clearly, we were all speaking something else

Did you know that Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world? With over 480 million native speakers across more than 20 countries, it's no surprise that the Spanish language has taken on various forms and accents. Just as English has different accents and dialects depending

When summer first starts, we all love to make ambitious claims about our goals for all the time off we will enjoy. Yet, just this month, some of us scheduled a solo study session three times – only to fall through a Wikipedia rabbit hole about something completely unrelated. Some of

Can you learn Spanish by watching TV? If the idea of mastering a completely new language while enraptured in a murder plot feels too good to be true, then worry not: turns out linguistic research is completely on board with fun alternatives to grammar drills. So before you google which

If you have been browsing our Spanish catalog lately, you may have seen a brand new category on the “Coming Soon” bar: podcasts! Podcasts are the latest addition to Lingopie’s language-learning menu. From now on, we will start releasing new podcast episodes every day to help you geek out

No matter what we are trying to learn, we can count on one fact: our brains will be looking for repeatable patterns and unspoken rules. This usually simplifies the task ahead of us, and it can be invaluable when learning a new language through TV series – we hear the words,

It’s no secret that learning a foreign language is a long-term ordeal. We have already covered how long it takes to learn Spanish from scratch – and you can use the same timeline for French, German, Italian or Portuguese. With its complex alphabet, Russian will demand a few more months

According to the United Nations, International Friendship Day is celebrated on July 30th. They established it in 2011 to “foster friendships between peoples, countries, cultures and individuals.” So – cross-cultural understanding? Exposure to different peoples, art forms, and senses of humour? Well, that sounds like fall just under Lingopie’s alley!

Just a few days ago, our amazingly talented Bibi Gonçalves joined forces with Marina Arnaudo to hold an IG Live session on Spanish idioms and expressions. The guessing game was fun, educational, and a real hit. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Lingopie (@lingopietv) Since Lingopie is