Hace unos días me escribió un cliente con un problema: venderle a clientes que solo hablan inglés. Por lo general es muy buen vendedor, pero le estaba costando persuadir a sus...

From the moment that I arrived here in Spain people have spoken to me about "yellow" and "pink" press.

At first I had no idea what this meant so I had to ask my students for clarification especially...

Just like the Spanish in Spain is different to the Spanish in South America, there are also some differences between British English and American English.

The word "centre or center" is a good...

En español, a buen entendedor pocas palabras bastan. Pero en inglés, sólo con una ya es suficiente: "A word is enough to the wise".

Y puede que las personas inteligentes no...

¿Cómo se dice "enchufe" en inglés?

The direct translation of "enchufe" is "plug" or "socket" depending on the context. This word is commonly used by Spanish speakers when they...

A friend of mine had quite a reputation for having a revolving door of girlfriends (como una puerta giratoria de novias) and we’re often teasing him about it. One of the expressions I...

En la mayoría de mis clases siempre hay un alumno que hace todos los deberes, estudia todo con mucha atención y se esfuerza mucho por mejorar su inglés.

Por supuesto, esto...

According to motivational speaker Jim Rohn, you are the average of the five people with whom you spend the most time.

In other words, these five people have the greatest influence on you (who you...

Many Spanish speakers don't know how to say this in English. Most of the time they say "Fingers of the feet" but of course they know that this is not correct. The correct translation is "toes"...

Cerca de la casa de mis padres hay una cafetería que tiene los mejores batidos del mundo (o por lo menos eso me parecía a mí a los 11 años).

Por suerte para mí, mi...

¿Por qué tienen los ingleses moqueta en el baño?

This is one of the mysteries of the world and even I don't understand it. I always try to use a conversational style in my...

After reading a lot of emails in Spanish it is clear to me that the phrase "aprovecho para decirte" is commonly used as a way of adding something to your original email that is not exactly...