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You can book flights. You can pack bags. But stepping off the plane into a Spanish-speaking country where you don’t speak the language? That’s another story. Suddenly, every meal, market, and metro ride becomes a guessing game. Learning Spanish for traveling flips that script. It lets you move

If you’ve learned a foreign language before, then you know that memorizing word lists isn’t enough if you want to become fluent in Spanish. Research shows that students can spend years studying English to Spanish vocabulary lists but still struggle to use those words spontaneously in conversation. The

Speaking Spanish isn’t about firing off perfect sentences at full speed. That’s not how real conversations sound. Native speakers pause. They hesitate. They throw in little words that give them time to think, soften what they’re saying, or just make speech flow naturally. That’s where Spanish

Want to Learn a Language? Netflix Tudum Interviews Are Your Secret Weapon Imagine learning Spanish directly from Pedro Alonso (Money Heist), picking up Korean from Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), or mastering French with Omar Sy (Lupin)—all for free. At Netflix's annual Tudum event, the streaming giant'

You know that awkward moment when you think you're getting good at German, then someone says something and you're like... what language was that? Yeah, that's German slang words hitting you in the face! While you've been perfecting your "Guten Tag&

Language moves fast, but slang? It sprints. The slang words of 2024 have evolved at breakneck speed, shaped by TikTok trends, gaming culture, and a generation that creates and abandons phrases faster than you can say "that's so last week." So if you're trying

Slang words and phrases are always changing, no matter the language. New expressions show up in songs, social media, and daily conversations, then vanish just as fast. What your Colombian friend said last year might already sound out of date. That is why keeping up with slang matters, especially if

Most people assume they'll get by with English in Japan, but here's the reality: fewer than 30% of Japanese people speak English at any level. With less than 8% speaking it fluently, knowing how to say thank you in Japanese or ask where the bathroom is

While linguists argue about the longest word in the world, I learned something more useful in a Tokyo classroom: real Japanese curse words. Yes, swearing exists in Japanese, and if you’ve ever watched anime or lived in Japan, you’ve heard them. In this post, we’ll break down