So, you go to a restaurant, and you want to order a milanesa (super-popular food here– breaded veal). How do you ask the mozo (waiter)?  ’Puedo tener una milanesa?’ Uh, no.  Although the direct translation into English sounds good, that’ll be a dead...

It’s that time of week again– time for another song to help you learn Spanish on the Pizarra Mágica! Today we feature a very well know artist from the beautiful country of Colombia.  She’s absolutely gorgeous, speaks four languages fluently, and her...

Rejection.  It’s just a fact of life.  For some, it is more common than others, but at one point or another, everyone gets rejected.  That is why we have dedicated a clip of Bueno, entonces… to the art of Spanish rejection. And, aside from...

Happy Thanksgiving to all you Americans out there (and to all you Canadians, too, but a month late…)!  Thanksgiving is a holiday specific to the United States and Canada, seeing as it is the celebration of the Native Americans and the Pilgrims...

One of the aspects of Argentina that you just have to get used to when coming down here is the frequent occurrence of manifestaciones (demonstrations), huelgas (strikes), and the like.  We’ve mentioned public transportation strikes before in our...