Spanish in Cabo

  I am happy as a worm... Hello, how are you? Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are or what time you are listening to us.   In these 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week we are going to talk about one of the most important verbs in Spanish: the verb “estar”.   Thank you so much for being there listening to us! As you know, “estar” is used for location or localization.   Hi, I'm Eduardo and I'm in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. How are you?   The verb “estar” is one of the first verbs you learn in Spanish and together with “ser” they translate as "to be" in English, they have different meanings and many uses.   Last Wednesday we talked about calor and caliente and said, "la cocina está caliente, cuidado no la toques" (the stove is hot, be careful not to touch it). The gas tank can be full or empty.   Mine is always empty, why is that?   The glass is half empty or half full , ...

  El calor y el verano How are you? Good morning, good afternoon or good evening, depending on where you are or what time you are listening to us. Thank you very much for being there on the other side, we want this podcast to help you avoid some compromising situations that other speakers of Spanish as a second language go through, it's not going to happen to you! Because you are listening to these 5 minutes, so stay until the end! And since summer is here, in these 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week we're going to talk about the heat. It's so hot in Cabo, Ugh what a heat!   "Me muero de calor" (I'm dying of heat) It's very hot, but very hot I'm terribly hot We say in Los Cabos it is very hot, but not: “Los Cabos es muy caliente”, this literal translation from English is wrong. It's like saying that Los Cabos is a sexy city. In some contexts, hot has a sexual connotation. So “calor” is a noun that can be translated as...

  How are you? Desarrollo turístico Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are or what time you are listening to us. Thank you very much for being there and attending these comments about words. In these 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week we are going to talk about a verb that you hear a lot and that is difficult to remember. The verb is “desarrollar” - to develop It is an important verb, which is used a lot, but it is not cognate from English and it has a "erre" and a double "l", which makes it difficult to pronounce. Challenges are good! Let's go for hotel development in the region!      We also hear phrases like "tourism development in Los Cabos has grown in the last few years...". Besides, those who promote tourist developments are the desarrolladores (developers): Let's see try to pronounce it: desarrolladores. Very good, that's right! En esa reunión los desarrolladores expli...

  Hello, how are you? Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are or what time you are listening to us.   Thank you very much for being there sharing this moment and for your interest in Spanish, a language we love.   In these 5 minutes in the middle of the week we are going to reflect on a verb that is cognate from English in one of the meanings, but in others, in the most used ones, it is a "false friend".   What is a false friend?   Una palabra similar en la pronunciación, pero que tiene significados muy diferentes y te puede engañar, como un falso amigo. / A word that is similar in pronunciation, but has very different meanings and can deceive you, like a false friend.   Es el verbo ordenar, en inglés significa : to organize; to command, to prescribe; to sort; to instruct; to decree and to order. Lots of meanings for ordenar, right?   We use this word for the action of bringing order to someth...