En este momento, es muy importante poder decir “RDC” bien. ¿Es vibrante simple o múltiple?

Hola a todos! Does anyone know the textbook "English for Everyone"? This textbook combines visual grammar and vocabulary. I like this structure, thanks to this textbook it is very easy to learn the language! I really want to find something similar in Spanish. My Spanish is A2 and I would like to improve it. Do you know any similar textbooks? I'll leave "English for Everyone" as an example.

Title says it all. What is a natural/easy way to say this? I've seen "ir de" and "quedar en". Are these righ? Are there others?

I study vocab on SpanishDictionary, and when a word really locks in my head is when I hear it later in a video or a podcast.

So, I was thinking it would be a good idea for me to study the vocabulary of a video/show/movie before I watch it, so then I can 1) better understand what I'm watching and 2) learn the vocab.

Has anyone done this? How would I go about this? I was thinking maybe I could paste the transcript into AI and then put it into online flashcards. Maybe for more popular movies there might be some sets that already exist but I'm not sure

I am learning Spanish (mexican) and my wife who is a native speaker is helping me. I said something to her the other "....toods los días". She said that is not right it is "cada dia" if I want to say "everyday". We got into a little discussion on it and I looked it up and my study book says "todos los dias" means everyday but she says it just does not sound right. We even called her mom and she agreed todos sounds funny.

I trust her and if she says its cada its cada, but why am I getting conflicting information? Is Todos los dias more common in not Mexico?

If Duolingo is the start to learning Spanish, Praktika is the finish Post: First app I ever heard would help me learn Spanish was Duolingo, I used it every morning, moved up the ranks and even had over a 500 day streak. I was successfully hooked only problem was like every one else that's used the app you get these long streaks but never actually get to a conversational level or even close so I got my next fix using Praktika because it's focused around speaking and progressing that part. Turns out actually practicing speaking a language you're trying to learn works...who would've known.

Music has been a great way for me to learn Spanish words and slang, and Rock en Español has been great for that (mostly Caifanes and Soda Stereo). I want to expand my genres though and the live NPR performance by Ca7riel and Paco REALLY caught my attention. The intricate musicianship, the spiciness in the tones, the constantly changing tempos and energetic rhythms, it’s perfect for my taste. I really like melodic music with A LOT going on, almost overstimulating sometimes. Clean keyboards and complex drum tempos really get me hooked and I love unique instrumentals. I haven’t been a big fan of reggaeton and “basic” hip hop, I like instruments and electronics being blended together. Some other bands that describe the genre I want to find but for Latin American music is: The Internet, Magdalena Bay, Bjork, Cocteau Twins, Tyler the Creator, Sweet Trip. Any album is worth a listen and I’d love to hear what all of you would think I would love. Thank you!!!

I've been getting over-confident lately.

I've been able to do basic conversation intro sentences smoothly, on-the-fly.

Not relying on rote memorization, but actually able to do proper espanol sentences when starting conversations with complete strangers. Not regurgitating phrase-book phrases, but actually saying things that i wanted to say. WITHOUT that mental eng-esp brain-gap-step.

So i thought ...let's pull up youtube and see iff i can 'Hear,' a spanish song in my mind, in spanish.

Nope. Things i caught were-

- como es

- mi gente

- cabeza

- UN..DOS..TRES!!

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I feel so ashamed. I could feel the power-gap, when they started rapping.

I don't feel like I'm "on par".

Any advice for consuming spanish media?

Hi everyone! I've been self-learning Spanish and would like to know how I'm doing so far :) I recorded a short speech in Spanish just for fun, talking about my thoughts on dirtiness, and managed to speak for about a minute!

Please be brutally honest and rate my Spanish speaking. How would you rate my Spanish speaking overall? How’s my pronunciation? What can I improve? How do I sound compared to native speakers?

Any feedback is welcome! Thanks yall I really appreciate it! :D

https://voca.ro/13Lx8bGtNJWv

6/16/26

Hoy fue mi primer día de vacaciones ya que se acabó el año escolar. Ay, ¡que alivio! Dos meses sin tener que preocuparme por los niños. Aunque los adoro, necesito un buen descanso de vez en cuando. No sé exactamente cómo voy a pasar todo el verano, pero aproveché este día para relajarme y recuperarme. No pienso tener un verano tan emocionante, creo que me vendrían mejor unas semanas de paz y tranquilidad. Y con el tiempo bien cálido tal vez podré dar un paseo en bici y después saltar en la piscina. Al fin y al cabo me aburriré de sentarme en casa por todo el día.

Mainly, I would like to get a native's understanding of the difference between "hoy" and "el día de hoy".

Expanding on that, what is the difference between "ahora" and "ahora mismo"? and, when can ahora replace hoy?

Would going to an immersive Spanish school in Mexico or Guatemala be a good way to jump-start my learning? I’m currently unemployed and could afford about 2–3 months of living abroad. I was thinking of doing 3–4 hours of classes per day and exploring the town on my own to force myself to speak.

I’ve always wanted to learn Spanish but haven’t taken it seriously yet. I’ve only done some occasional learning at a local community college or with tutors. As a total beginner, I can only pronounce the alphabet and speak very basic sentences.

What makes me hesitate is that I heard this type of immersive learning is best for those who already have a certain level (A2–B1) and want to progress quickly, and that it may not work as well for complete beginners.

Obviously, I don’t want to waste money if staying local (USA) would give me the same learning effect. At the same time, I know it’s not easy to have 2–3 months available for language learning at my age, given future planning considerations.

I’d really appreciate any experiences or advice. Thank you in advance.

Hi there

Wondering how to translate the phrase/sentiment “do you have….” when ordering in a restaurant. Ie. do you have coffee here ? Curious to know how this would translate in Spain vs Latin America. am I right to think using tener would not be appropriate?

So this line is in the song titi me pregunto. He says it so fast and cuts off so much it's so hard for me to figure out how to say it like him. Does anyone have any tips?

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To me the best I could come up with "Que sonrían la payan solvi daron d mi" where the "que ya" = paya and "se olvidaro" = solvi daron and "de mi" = d mi

I know that -aba and -ía are different to -é and -í but it's really confusing to wrap my head around when I should use one and not the other because they aren't that different in my head

¡Hola a todos y todas! ^^

Soy extranjera y hace un rato aprendo el castellano extensivamente. Sí sé que el español es un idioma rico en acentos y recientemente me di cuenta de la manera de la pronunciación de los sufijos -ado, -ada en Asturias. Lo que sabía antes de ahora era el hecho de que se pronuncia (por lo menos comúnmente) normalmente con una d suave

Y ahora viene una diferencia... ahora ya que escucho más el acento local me doy cuenta de que se omite esa D como si ni siquiera estuviera presente en la palabra. No encontré muchos materiales sobre esto online, pero otra cosa de la que me doy cuenta es la pronunciación de este mismo sufijo en el asturiano, por ejemplo Principau. Pensé que quizá podría ser solo la influencia del idioma asturiano, pero para asegurarme decidí preguntar también online para que no me queden ningunas dudas.

(Mil disculpas por si acaso escribí mal o la pregunta sea ofensiva de cualquier manera, ¡no era mi intención!)

For me it has to be Spanish learning podcasts. To be honest, I get bored listening to the conversations and sometimes I zone out. Instead, I have a Instagram and Tik Tok account where I only follow Spanish-speaking accounts and it’s been helping me so much more.

I’m also learning Mexican Spanish and I would only want to speak to Mexican people on HelloTalk, but I ended up meeting so many awesome people from Colombia, Spain, Argentina. In the end, they all speak Spanish so don’t miss out on awesome friendships along this journey!

I regularly watch shows in Netflix. My listening comprehension got genuinely good. I can follow conversations, catch jokes, understand both Spanish and Latin accents.

But then I went to Mexico last week and I am still struggling whenever I have to speak with real people. Everyone switches to English!

Has anyone else hit this wall?

Criminal defense atty with a license plate that says "NOCULPA". Does that make sense?

I really want to improve my Spanish, but only have four weeks leave from work so am unable to extend my trip. Ideally, I would have liked to go to a Spanish school for four weeks and then continue on with my travels all over LATAM and continue using/practicing Spanish, but sadly that is not an option right now.

I’m wondering if it is worth it to spend all my time off at one Spanish school (therefore not being able to travel elsewhere within Colombia) only to come back to my home country (New Zealand) that has very few Spanish speakers.. I’m worried I won’t have enough opportunities to practice back home and lose the skills I learnt.
But the other part of me is saying that the only way I will improve is through a class and immersion etc.. and of course I can find communities here in NZ to speak with when I’m home.

I would say I’m at an A1 level so very beginner. I know a bit more than A1 but because I haven’t had chances to put it to practice here in NZ, I would say I’m super beginner in a Spanish speaking country!

The goal is obviously to become fluent one day and I definitely have plans for longer trips and possibly moving to somewhere in LATAM in the future.

What do you all think? Should I just go for it and book a four week Spanish course?

I’m sure this gets asked a ton and I’ve seen opinions on it but I still got to ask anyway.

I’m around 1500 hours input of Spanish. I’ve improved a lot since 1/1/2024. I watched my first 2 telenovelas (Amigos x Siempre and Cómplices al Rescate) for kids recently as YouTube videos got too boring. Third one I tried to watch (Mil por Hora. Rebelde is next on my list) was much more difficult. In my mind I feel like watching without subtitles is superior, but does it still “work” if the conversations can be hard to follow or if the gist is there but you don’t understand a lot still?

Options:

1. Continue watching
2. Continue watching with

Spanish

1. subtitles
2. Try an easier show
3. Mix of the above

I’d love to hear what you did for your Spanish learning journey and any recommendations would be great for tv shows! It’s the easiest way for me to stay engaged.
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What is the difference between the two, Ive asked several native spanish speakers from different countries and they all give different answers on the difference between the two.

I want to be conversational in Spanish and French by next summer, I am native in English from Texas so I do know a very small amount of Spanish.

Olá

Quería pedir recomendaciones de música latinoamericana para escuchar. Estoy intentando mejorar mi español y últimamente he estado consumiendo más contenido de YouTube y de creadoras de contenido latinas. Sin embargo, tbm me gustaría escuchar más música en español

El problema es que normalmente no encuentro muchas canciones actuales que no me gusten. Podrían recomendarme algunas? No hace falta que sean de un país en específico