ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— All who study Spanish are familiar with the word “leche” (milk). Many of us drink coffee with milk for breakfast. It is a very important product in the life of every baby and child. We drink it from birth, because it has many vitamins necessary for our growth. But [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— Have you ever been to the Canary Islands? I had a pleasure to spend there a few days in May. I was in Puerto de la Cruz on Tenerife. Since the city is located in the northern part of the island, it was not so hot as the south. [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— The language evolves, it is no secret. For this reason Real Academia Española, Spanish institution specialized in lexicography, grammar, spelling and linguistic data, must be aware of the changes in the language. What happened in the language during the last three years? It happened a lot. Last month the [...]

ES abajo / Pl ponizej ————— Córdoba had already dressed up with Feria (fair) in May, as every year. The Fair lasts about 10 days and ends the last weekend of May. In recent years it takes place in the Arenal. Outside the center of the city there are placed a funfair and many tents [...]

Tomatina; Foto: Juanjo Valverde Es abajo / PL ponizej ————— I’m sure you´ve heard of La Tomatina, the fiesta that takes place in a valencian village called Buñol, held every year on the last Wednesday of the month. The custom was introduced more than fifty years ago, when young men started the fight with the [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— If you travel to Spain or live here, you must have realized that some tourists are different than others. For example, the Japanese always protected themselves a lot from the sun. It is very common to see groups of Japanese with their umbrellas opened, not precisely to cover themselves [...]

ES abajo / Pl ponizej ————— Today I wanted to give you some examples of sayings that can be used in daily life because they are a real truth and they serve in any situation. You could see that some sentences are very similar in your language, sometimes even sound alike. Let’s see if you [...]

Las week started Malaga Fair. Last Friday I had an oportunity to visit the city and to see the streets preparations for the day fair in the centre: / La semana pasada empezó la Feria de Málaga. El viernes pasado tuve la oportunidad de visitar la ciudad, las calles ya estaban preparadas para la feria [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— There is one Spanish expression that makes me laugh. When sometimes somebody puts a funny face, looks ugly, his friends would tell him “eres más feo que El Fary chupando limones“. Who is the poor Fary that they call ugly? It is a Spanish singer whose real name is [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej. ————— Bullfighting is a very controversial topic. Some people like it, others don’t. However, today the bulls will serve me to show you some phrases related to it. The knowledge and use of these phrases is very important in everyday life. The bullfighting forms part of the Spanish history and [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— Today, before starting with the section Supermercado de Expresiones, I’d like to show you some idioms and phrases that will help you know how to react in certain situations. When I meet on the street one of my friends, not seen for long time and he tells me new [...]

Museo Plaza de Toros Ronda ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— Today I want to tell you something about the bullfighting, a topic that is a bit controversial but interesting.  The tauromaquia is art and technique of fighting with bulls. Currently, the most known activity of the tauromaquia is the bullfighting (corrida de toros), a [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— In the first and second chapter we talked about people´s character and the way of expressing it through expressions that use names of body parts. Let’s talk today of interpersonal relationships and expressions of this type which describe them. In a company the head often has a person of [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— If you want to use well the language, you need to know its sayings and proverbs. Today I want to show you some sentences containing parts of the body. Some proverbs literally translated may sound almost the same in every language, others are not alike at all. However, it [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— In the first chapter of Body Language we have seen some expressions related to body parts, with talking much, talking little, or too much. But there is more idioms related to face, for example, “tener mucha cara” or “ser un caradura“, namely to be cheeky. The Spanish also use [...]

Process of acceptance of the new law by the Parliament of Catalonia / Proceso de la aceptación de la nueva ley por el parlamento de Cataluña / Proces przyjecia nowej ustawy przez katalonski parlament ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— Yesterday Parlament de Catalunya decided, with a majority of 13 votes, to ban the bullfighting [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— May in Cordoba is a wonderful month. If you wish to spend some days in this city, you could not choose better time. In the beginning of May, even the last weekend of April, every year takes place the Festival of the May Crosses (Las Cruces de Mayo). In [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— Today we will make a summary of rare professions that are different or just that we can find on the street in any neighborhood, but are not usually the most popular. Let’s start with the street, in any neighborhood we can see “zapatero”, whose fixing shoes profession disappears gradually, [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— In the Spanish language there are many expressions in which different parts of the body appear. Let’s start today with those that have something to do with the mouth and its main function. And no, I´m not talking about eating, or kissing, although these are also topics of great [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— Beeing in Poland gives me a possibility to go back in time and remember the spring in Cordoba. We still have to talk about May in Cordoba, an unforgettable season. But today I want to tell you about a very positive experience I had in April, the 26th. Walking [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej. ————— Spain is the world champion in football. Long live Spain! People went out to the streets to fully (a tope) celebrate it. And though it was Sunday and on Monday everyone had to work, nobody cared a damn (le importó un pepino) to party until dawn. People freaking (flipando) [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— We will move forward the publication of the Monday vocabulary chapter cause tonight is the big moment for the Spanish representation. It´s only three hours left till the beginning of the big match. That´s why, you shouldn´t miss these typical expressions of this Worlds Cup. After the Wednesday match, [...]

ES abajo / Pl ponizej. ————— Today is Friday. The weekend (finde) has come. Spaniards love to party, so: let`s go out! But first we have to eat something. To not waste much time we have a bocata or a sandwich (sándwich/sánwich) at home and get ready to botellón . The botellón consists in buying [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej. ————— Phew! Another game won, so: Welcome Spain in the final! The game was very clean, almost no fouls … which shows the class of the football-players. The first half did not give an advantage to any team. Apparently, both teams played conservatively, so to know the movements of the [...]

Es abajo / PL ponizej ————— Tonight is the next decisive match for the Spanish representation and this time the game is with Germany. Football is considered by lots of people a Spanish national sport. You don´t need to investigate a lot to know that the Spanish fans are numerous and fateful (even though there [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej ————— On Sunday were the presidential elections in Poland, so it’s a perfect day to revise a little Spanish vocabulary related to citizens´ participation in public life. Two days before the voting in Poland starts the electoral silence (silencio electoral). To vote you usually go to a nearest school because [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej. ————— The holidays have arrived, so perhaps it is the best moment to talk about OPERACIÓN BIKINI. And it is not about giving oneself into a magician hands, so called surgeon, and his magic wand, the scalpel… operación bikini is an expression that you can hear a lot when summer [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej. ————— This blog is addressed to Spanish students and everyone interested in the culture of Spain. A blog is the easiest way to talk about our projects, the city and the region of Andalusia we live in, to share our dreams and passions. We believe the best way to do [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej. ————— I´ve heard that 250 thousand people attended La Noche Blanca del Flamenco last weekend. It is true that the streets were crowded with people from Córdoba and with visitors. The good thing about this night is that there are concerts and shows throughout the city and they are free. [...]

ES abajo / PL ponizej. ————— A little bit late, but still I think that´s worth mentioning: Saturday, June 19, was the day E. And no, it has nothing to do with the Plan E of the Spanish government, nor economy, nor crisis. It is the day in which the Spanish native and students celebrated [...]