Learning a new language like Spanish can open up a world of possibilities, whether you're planning a trip, connecting with new friends, or just keen to expand your skills. While it might seem a bit ...

America’s love of Mexican food has implanted plenty of Spanish words into our everyday lexicon. But when not ordering a quesadilla or tamale at the local taquería, we may still be using Spanish words ...

Ms. Sylvester is the author of the forthcoming children’s book “A Maleta Full of Treasures” (“La Maleta de Tesoros”). My earliest relationship with language was defined by rules. As an immigrant who ...

Reconstruction of Taino village, via Michal Zalewski//CC BY-SA 3.0 When Columbus landed in the New World in 1492, the first humans he encountered were the Taino, an Arawak people, then the most ...

The sounds you make when you read Spanish out loud can sometimes be different to the ones you would make in English. Perfume. Perfume. It’s spelled the same as in English. In Spanish you say all the ...

When Spanish meets English, new dialects emerge – giving us real-time insight into language evolution, linguists say. "Vamos de punches punches punches", Yamilet Muñoz texted her friends in Austin, ...

Sometimes they describe an attribute. Or a moment. Or maybe just a vibe. These are the words from other languages that don't have a direct equivalent in English, and yet carry so much meaning. The ...

According to the dictionary of the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), Spanish has more than 88,000 words, making it one of the richest languages in the world. In fact, their linguistic diversity is such ...