EL final or LA final

Common Mistakes, Learn Spanish

The World Cup is in its last stages and your country is in the Final. Of course, you naturally want to write about this in Spanish. 🙂 Do you say your team is in EL final or LA final ? You quickly google both words and they both appear. So which one is correct and why?...

Botar vs Votar

Common Mistakes, Learn Spanish

A common mistake I see in written Spanish are with the verbs BOTAR and VOTAR and how sometimes a person writes Botar instead of Votar and vice versa. This is common among native speakers. Why is this? According to the Real Academia Española, the letters B and V are...

How to say LIKE in Spanish – Gustar

Common Mistakes, Learn Spanish

Saying that you LIKE something in Spanish can sometimes be difficult for an English speaker because the rules for conjugating (changing) the verb, in this case GUSTAR, are different from your normal rules. That is why we have just created a new page all about the verb...

Muy vs. Mucho

Common Mistakes

A common mistake students make when learning Spanish is when to use MUY and when to use MUCHO. Well, we have just created some new pages covering this topic along with some games too. Muy vs Mucho (the difference explained in English) Muy vs Mucho (Una explicación en...

Are you embarrassed or pregnant?

Common Mistakes

A common mistake for English speakers using Spanish is that they say they are embarazada (or embarazado) when they are embarrassed. Well, be careful because embarazada is a false friend and doesn’t mean embarrassed (yes, even though they looks similar). In fact,...