Latin America Archives | The Pimsleur Language Blog https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/tag/latin-america/ Learning another language doesn't have to be hard. Wed, 27 Nov 2024 21:00:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 10 Spanish Tongue Twisters To Perfect Your Pronunciation https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-tongue-twisters/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-tongue-twisters/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2022 18:28:02 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=28053 Level up Your Spanish Pronunciation with these Hilarious Spanish Tongue Twisters Pronunciation is one of the most difficult aspects of learning any language, and Spanish is no exception. From sounds that don’t exist in English – like the rolling r sound – to words with tricky vowels, even the most diligent language learner may change Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-words-with-no-translation/feed/ 0 Spanish Idioms – The Best Way to Sound Like a Native https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-idioms/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-idioms/#respond Wed, 10 Nov 2021 17:38:18 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27086 How to Use Spanish Idioms in a Conversation Imagine that you have been invited to a lunch work meeting in Madrid. You know that a colleague has started a new business and you ask him how it’s going. He answers: Estoy con un humor de perros. Como creía que esto iba a ser la gallina Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-idioms/feed/ 0 10 Spanish Singers to Listen to While You Learn https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-singers/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-singers/#respond Fri, 17 Sep 2021 21:40:43 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27270 Will Listening to Spanish Language Music Help You Learn Spanish? Learning a new language can be difficult, but there are a few ways to make the process a little easier (and more fun!). Spanish is one of the most popular languages to learn and more and more people continue to learn it year after year. Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/spanish-singers/feed/ 0 Main Differences Between Latin American Spanish and Spain Spanish https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/differences-latin-american-and-spain-spanish/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/differences-latin-american-and-spain-spanish/#respond Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:45:31 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27101 Spanish is spoken as a native language by more than 500 million people, which makes it second only to Mandarin Chinese as the most spoken language in the world. Of those 500 million, around 45 million live in Spain, but the majority come from countries in the Americas. Mexico accounts for the majority of native Read More >>

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]]> https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/differences-latin-american-and-spain-spanish/feed/ 0 How to Say I Love You in Spanish https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/ways-to-say-i-love-you-in-spanish/ https://www.pimsleur.com/blog/ways-to-say-i-love-you-in-spanish/#respond Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:00:37 +0000 https://blog.pimsleur.com/?p=27061 Ways to Express Love and Friendship in Spanish It can be hard to express your feelings. Finding the right words to say, ensuring nothing is misinterpreted, and immediately getting everything off your chest isn’t easy. We’ve all been in different situations where we told someone how we felt about them, whether telling friends how much Read More >>

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