Spanish in Cabo

  How are you doing? Tengo chance... Good morning, good afternoon or good night, depending on where you are or when you hear us. In these 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week, we are going to talk about a word very used in the Spanish of America, not so much in the Spanish of Spain and it is: “chance” It is a foreignism; it comes from the French through the Latin and also from the English.   Podcast In other words, it is an ambiguous origin and what does the word chance mean?   According to the Royal Spanish Academy (RAE), it is the opportunity to achieve something; possibility, probability. The RAE accepts the use of the word “chance” but does not recommend it because there are many words of Spanish origin to say the same thing as “oportunidad” (opportunity), “posibilidad” (possibility) or “ocasión” (occasion).   But they have to accept it because it is widely used, especially in Latin America.   Yes, in a colloquial way. ...

Los Cabos,  6 enero del 2021 Los Reyes Magos  How are you doing? Good morning, good afternoon or good night, depending on where you are or what time you hear us In these 5 minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week we are going to talk about the tradition of today, January 6th, Three Kings Day.   Podcast : click here for listening the audio What is today's question?   What did the Kings bring you?   Well, to me, a lot of work, things to cook...   Well Eduardo, but do you have your letter for the Three Kings? In which you ask for everything you want, they are magicians! This day is celebrated throughout Latin America and Spain. It is the favorite day of almost all children. Was it your favorite day ?   Yes, it started when I was putting together the Nativity with Mary and Joseph in the stable, the animals, the shepherds and workers. The Kings came from far away, from the Orient, so they were in the mountains that I built with paper-lined boxes. The K...

  tips to take care of  covid on the way to work Hola, ¿Qué tal? Good morning good afternoon or good night depending on where you are or the time you hear us. In these five minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week we are going to talk about different ways of referring to work. But today is December 30th, the day before the last day of the year and are we going to talk about work? If tomorrow is the last day of the year 2020 and today is the antepenultimate and of course we are going to talk about work, why not? In Mexico, work is called Chamba. We Mexicans “chambeamos”, we don't work. Me voy a chambear.                                              I´m going to work Es un chavo muy chambeador.          ...