The Plural of ‘Café’: A Dialect Test

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How do you pluralize 'café'? The seemingly simple choice between 'cafés' and the colloquial 'cafeses' is actually a fascinating dialect…

Llanito: The Code of Gibraltar

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Discover Llanito, the fascinating linguistic code of Gibraltar that fluently mixes Andalusian Spanish and British English, often within a single…

‘Vos’ and ‘Tú’ in Chile: A Coexistence

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Ever heard a Chilean say '¿Tú querí…?' and wondered why the pronoun and verb don't seem to match? This fascinating…

The Lost ‘Vosotros’ of the Americas

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Why do Spaniards say 'vosotros' while Latin Americans say 'ustedes'? The answer is a fascinating linguistic journey back to the…

Chavacano: The Spanish Creole of Asia

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Journey to the Philippines to discover Chavacano, a unique Spanish-based creole that blends the vocabulary of colonizers with the grammatical…

The Voseo of Central America

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Think 'vos' is just for tango and Buenos Aires? Think again. This post dives into the vibrant world of Central…

Canarian Spanish: The Atlantic Bridge

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Discover how the Spanish of the Canary Islands became the crucial linguistic link between Spain and the Americas. The dialect's…

The Neutral Spanish Myth: Dubbing for LatAm

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Ever wonder why every cartoon character in Latin America seems to speak with the same, non-specific accent? This is "neutral…

The ‘Sh’ of Buenos Aires: Yeísmo Rehilado

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Ever wondered why Argentinians and Uruguayans pronounce 'calle' as 'cashe'? This unique 'sh' sound, known as *yeísmo rehilado*, is more…

The History of Spanish Grammar in 5 Minutes

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Ever wondered why Spanish has gendered nouns or a tricky subjunctive mood? The answers aren't in a textbook; they're in…

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