There’s only one silent letter in Spanish, one you don’t say: the h. Hotel. Hamburguesa - hamburger. These are some of the most common Spanish ... the letters in a word. However, Spanish ...

Morocho comes from the Quechua word muruch'u, which is a variety of hard corn. Its most common meaning in Spanish is a dark-skinned person. In some countries, it is used for people with fair skin but ...

This week, a native Spanish speaker shares some key words and phrases to help you on your holiday. Sayings range from the practical – such as ‘do you have a table for two?’ – to the ...

Over at the Guardian, writer Joshua Foer talks about how he managed to learn a language in about 22 hours of work, and how the 1,000 most common words were the magic number for the rest of his ...

Literally, it is ya más (already more), and is another word that came to mean the opposite of its original meaning. 5. Joder. May mean “to bother” in Costa Rica, but its official word of origin, ...

If you speak Spanish or have tried to learn it, then you know there are so many freaking words! But although the language has a vast (endless, it seems) array of terms and phrases that mean the ...