This SpanishPod101 Review is up to date as of February 12th, 2023. Also please note the following review contains affiliate links. We only recommend products that we’ve actually tested and genuinely like. Spanish, a Romance language that developed in the Iberian Peninsula of Europe (Portugal and Spain), is the native language of about 460 million […]
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You may have noticed, especially if you are a student of either language, that there are many similarities between the Romanian and Spanish languages. But just how similar are they? Can a native Spanish speaker easily understand a native Romanian speaker or vice versa? In this article, we will cover both the similarities, differences and
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Colombia – the homeland of Sofia Vergara and Shakira, with a coastline on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea is a country in both South and Central America. Named after Cristopher Columbus, Colombia has around 45 million inhabitants and Bogota as its capital. In 1821 the Republic of Colombia became independent from Spain with borders
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While travelling and learning an official language of a country you should also appreciate that it may not be the main language depending on the region you’re in. In this sense Spain is an interesting example. Even if Spanish is the only official language on a national level, there are plenty of regional languages, i.e., Aranese, Basque, Catalan and Galician. And
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I love traveling to both Portugal and Spain (and Latin America, of course). Moreover, Brazil is actually my favorite country … in the world! I learnt Spanish while living adjacent to a Spanish-speaking barrio in Washington, DC in the US. My time in Washington, DC also included my first trip to Brazil and the beginning
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I love traveling to both Italy and Spain (and Latin America, of course) and actually lived in Bologna, Italy where I learnt Italian. The year after learning Italian, I learnt Spanish while living adjacent to a Spanish-speaking barrio in Washington, DC in the US. Having learnt both languages in quick succession, I am really aware
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Guest Post by Lingholic Are you confused whenever you hear a group of Pilipinos talking in what seem to be a jumbled language of sorts? What you are probably hearing is the Filipino language, the national language of the Philippines whose main basis is Tagalog. Filipino and Tagalog are essentially identical in all aspects: grammatical
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Hi everyone! Today we are going to analyze the 5 most important differences between Spanish in Spain and Spanish in Mexico. The 2 varieties are mutually intelligible but there are differences in grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation. In this article, we are going to learn about the differences in vocabulary, the use of vosotros/ustedes, the distinción/el
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