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?...

Woodward Spanish on Instagram

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This is to let you know that you can now find Woodward Spanish on Instagram. Yes, we will now add any new charts and images that we create onto Instagram for those that like spending time there. Eventually we will also add some of the charts we have already created...

Siele – The New International Spanish Exam

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Siele – The new International Spanish exam The Instituto Cervantes, the Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM) and the Universidad de Salamanca have just launched the new Siele exam. What is the Siele exam? Siele = Servicio Internacional de Evaluación de la Lengua...

Botar vs Votar

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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...

Spanish Present Tense

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Here is our latest chart showing how to conjugate (= change the form of) regular Spanish verbs in the Present Tense: Notice how the ending of the verb changes for each subject. Read our explanation of how to conjugate Spanish verbs in the Present Tense (including some...

Los Planetas – Planets in Spanish

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The image above is from a new page we created to help people learn about the planets in Spanish. Spanish Vocabulary: El sistema solar y los planetas – Here we have included facts about each planet in our solar system (and the sun). Random fact: Did you know that...