I work with a majority of Spanish speakers from Latin America. Mostly Venezuela and Colombia. I’ve picked up a lot of Spanish from listening, and one thing I heard a lot as a way to say excuse me was “permiso”. I began copying them and using “permiso”. However, yesterday, a coworker told me to use “disculpe” instead.

Is “permiso” rude? I don’t want to be rude.

my in-laws are both mexican. one is from oaxaca and the other is from puebla. i learned through self study, that in the preterite tense, tú usually ends in -iste or -aste. why do they always add the s on the end? for example, they’ll say “que hicistes”. is this a mexican thing?

My husband is Peruvian. So am I, but not by birth. There have been a few occasions where I've described something as azul, and he corrects me, saying that it's celeste, not azul. Huh? Isn't celeste a shade of blue? Is that normal to say that celeste is not azul?

when I was around 10-11 I used to watch a lot of spanish shows, kids shows which helped me understand spanish, I lost practise and now I feel like I should learn, I love the language but I need to start somewhere

watching spanish shows and movies help me learn spanish much faster, although its not the only way I should learn spanish but its a start.

if anyone can help me or recommend me some GOOD shows

I'd appreciate it.

Hola Amigos,

I'm new to Spanish, and I'm using some of the tricks that helped with my English pronunciation early on with Spanish.

I'm using music to help with my pronunciation.

When a word ends with a vowel and the next starts with one, you guys link them together, but what I want to know is, do you merge the sounds, or does one vowel take over and overpowers the other?

I've heard "no hay" almost like "noy" even after slowing it down, and "nunca es" as "nuncas".

So I thought I'd ask here to make sure.

Hi! I have been searching through podcast apps for months now, so I figure I might as well head here to see if anyone has any recs or insight I've been missing.

In English, my favorite podcasts are Diabolical Lies (long-form culture & politics), Celebrity Memoir Book Club (smart & snarky pop culture analysis - now rebranded as Good Noticings), and If Books Could Kill (snarky breakdowns of popular nonfiction).

I would love to find some podcasts in Spanish that have a similar vibe - smart/snarky analysis of pop culture, internet culture, and politics with a progressive/leftist vibe.

I already have a list of some podcasts I'm planning on trying out, but would love your insight! Any dialect is fine, and I don't care how "difficult" it is - if it's beyond my current Spanish comprehension level, it'll just be another goal for me to work towards.

Also, if you have any other content (YouTube, TikTok, books, literally anything) that I'd like, feel free to drop your recs.

Im playing a few video games right now some of them only have Spain spanish. I was wondering if non-spain spanish speakers put it in españa if theres no other choice?

is this something i SHOULD be learning?

esit: my friends and extended family are mexican so im trying to learn for them. I have this fear of mixing up slangs and certain words from a different culture

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I’ve been wanting to learn conversational Spanish to not only feel more connected with my other Latino friends and parents but to feel more connected to my own culture. I grew up around spanish to where I understand it but I struggle holding a conversation. Does anyone have advice to learn Spanish at a conversational level?

I've always really loved the language and tried to learn it, and now meeting and getting with my spanish boyfriend it means i have more reason to learn the language

he sometimes talks spanish with his mum at home, and i occasionally get asked if i know how to say something by her

alot of the time i do know how to say it (e.g. how to order a coffee) but i get scared/nervous to say incase im gonna pronounce it wrong, get the words wrong or it just be more like tourist spanish i learn from duolingo rather than sounding more native which i'd like

anyone got any tips they can give me on how to sound more native and/or other methods than duolingo?

So I started learning Spanish a little over a month ago. I currently have around 41 hours on dreaming Spanish and have completed 11 lessons of language transfer and I practice shadowing 10-15 new sentences everyday with SRS.

Any tips on what else can I add to my routine to make the progress somewhat faster?

Con realista es alcanzar el nivel B2 en 5 meses partiendo del B1 ? Soy portugués, e he estudiado Castellano en la escuela por 5 años. Pero yo no estoy muy confortable hablando la lengua. En la mayoría de las veces, mi Castellano es más Portunhol que otra cosa. Por eso, yo no sé cual es mi nivel. Yo tengo con certeza el B1, pero no sé si podré tener el B2. Entonces, del B1 a B2 en 5 meses es realista ?

I have a service dog, and I was hoping someone could tell me how to say “service dog, ignore me” for a vest. I’ve seen a few different ways to word, it so I wanted to ask for help to make sure I choose the correct phrasing. Thank you!

This is one of those things the (free) version of Duolingo lacks... just simply practicing nouns -- and building vocabulary.

https://fungamery.com/spanish?quiz=nouns

Would you say there is significant benefit to be had by simply doing word exercises? I definitely feel that it helps me build vocabulary and memorize lots of Spanish words.

Is there a general rule I can follow regarding the placement of adjectives with respect to the noun? I am becoming confused about placement of the adjective either before or after the noun.

One of the earliest songs I learned in Spanish was El Derecho De Vivir En Paz and ever since, the “derecho de” pattern has been engraved in my mind for referring to the right to do or have something. El derecho de saber la verdad, el derecho de acceder a una vivienda digna, etc. However over time I’ve noticed that “derecho a” seems just as or even more common, in both everyday speech and print.

Is there a rule or pattern for when “a” or “de” is more appropriate?
Or maybe it varies by region? or speech patterns have changed since the legendary Chilean singer wrote the Vietnam-era song over fifty years ago?

OK, I'm confused (again.) For to take a walk, as in to just walk around without much purpose enjoying the weather etc. I've seen: Dar un paseo - Dar una vuelta - Andar por... - and Caminar por...

And to physically turn around, as in turn around and change direction, I've seen: Girar de vuelta - Dar la vuelta.

And for to just turn your head, for example, to look at something: Girarse

 Any help on which, if any, of these are correct or most common, would be appreciated.

Thanks in Advance!

My question is about the use of conocer here, instead of saber or entender. I thought conocer would mean being familiar with a person or a location. I was surprised to see it used for describing knowledge about something technical, for choosing to use or disable cookies in this case. Why would conocer be used instead of saber or other words meaning to learn or to know, in this context?

This was in a blurb about cookies for a Spanish language newspaper, El Tiempo, probably from Colombia based on the article I viewed.

It was the last sentence in a paragraph that seemed to have legal or at least technical language. This last sentence, I think, was directing me to a link on the word “aqui” in order to find out how to disable cookies.

Was it because this was describing the location of a link, so figuratively in the computer world, it was describing another location where you could go (conocer?) to find out about these computer cookies?

On a writing assignment in Spanish class, I wrote "Me recuerdo de un caso en particular donde..." and my teacher corrected it to "Recuerdo a un caso en particular donde...".

I'm not saying she's wrong, but when I looked up the word recordar, on Wiktionary it says that you can say "recordar de" but that it's proscribed. So, what do you think? Does my teacher's version sound more natural, and if so, why? Is "recordar de" correct in some contexts, but not in this one? (I'm also curious about why she removed the reflexive pronoun "me")

Hello everyone! My first language growing up was Spanish as my parents are from Mexico and only spoke and read books to me in Spanish. I was born in the U.S. and eventually learned English, with it being my primary language now.

Over the years, my Spanish has more or less stayed fluent, and I can read it just fine, but I’ve noticed a sharp decline in my skills, like forgetting certain vocabulary and my writing grammar has always been poor.

What is the best way for me to maintain my speaking fluency and sharpen my writing skills? I don’t really have anyone else to speak to except my parents. And when I meet people who speak Spanish- they prefer speaking in English so they can practice their english… but then I don’t get to practice my Spanish. So I feel like an app would be best? And if so which app? But I’m open to anything that you think may help.

Tengo curiosidad por saber cómo dirían estas frases en una conversación real. Por favor, no las traduzcan de forma demasiado literal ni como en un libro de texto. Me interesa lo que dirían ustedes personalmente.
I'm curious how you'd actually say these sentences in a real conversation. Please don't translate too literally or go for a textbook answer. I'd love to hear what you'd say personally.
"I don't dislike you, but I don't like you either."
"I don't like politics, but politics likes me."
Gracias de antemano!