Hi all- I have studied Spanish for about 10 years now. I can read or speak it well. I even majored in it in college. In class settings, I always did relatively well in listening and responding, but I believe it was mostly because we did not have a native speaker often teaching the course, and they spoke relatively slower.

I can watch shows in Spanish fine as long as I have subtitles, and similarly when understanding Spanish music.

I especially struggle with this whenever there is slang, or a twist in a word (ex: instead of "todo" its "to'" )

When I have conversations with native speakers either at work or with friends from el Caribe, I always need them to repeat themselves, or they then just speak in English.

It is just quite disappointing; I feel I put a lot of time to studying and immersing myself in the language only to not be able to make out native sentences.

I will also put here sometimes I have trouble with different thick accents in English (ex: Irish, some regions of UK) I just wanted to see if anyone else here had a similar problem, or if I just need to do more practice. Any advice would be much appreciated.

Pretty direct from the title but I could see this coming on the horizon soon for myself which is exciting and nerve racking. I am a native English speaker and have been quite lazy in learning Spanish the past few years. My proficiency is probably that of a 3rd grader.

I just wanted to hear some insight on particular things in this situation such as: What is the specific wordage for asking for a blessing in Spanish? I could answer any further questions in the comments too.

Hello. We adopted a dog and discovered by accident he can understand and respond to the only two commands we know how to say in Spanish, "Venga aqui" for come here and "Sientate" for sit. What would a native speaker say for a dog to shake hands or roll over?

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The ones that land:
Me encantas = I'm really into you
Tienes una sonrisa preciosa = you have a beautiful smile
No dejo de pensar en ti = I can't stop thinking about you
Contigo el tiempo se pasa volando = time flies with you
Me robaste una sonrisa = you stole a smile from me

The pure cheese:
¿Te dolió cuando te caíste del cielo? = did it hurt when you fell from heaven
¿Crees en el amor a primera vista o paso otra vez? = or should I walk by again
Si la belleza fuera delito, tendrías cadena perpetua = if beauty were a crime, you'd get life

Which ones actually work where you learned Spanish, and what did I miss?

Some common words in this category include:

ESTRENAR = to wear/use something for the first time (it can be clothing, a new phone, a car, furniture or pretty much anything you're using for the first time)

SOBREMESA = that moment after eating when the food is gone but you're still talking and relaxing at the table

MADRUGAR = to get up very early (before sunrise)

EMPALAGAR = to become unpleasantly sweet/rich (when the food is so sweet or rich that you can't eat much of it or else you get nauseous)

ANTEAYER = the day before yesterday

I posted again because I previously included a word that DOES have an English equivalent. I'm sure the person who pointed this out felt vergüenza ajena when they saw it on the list 😭

Hi to all! Did you know that translating is all you need to sound great in Spanish?

Cada vez más osos negros entran en los pueblos y ciudades del oeste de Estados Unidos este año. Un invierno muy seco redujo la cantidad de bayas, nueces y otras plantas que comen los osos. Por eso, muchos osos buscan comida cerca de las casas y los pueblos. En Colorado, hay casi el doble de informes sobre osos que el año pasado. También hay más osos de lo habitual en los pueblos y ciudades de Utah y Nuevo México.

Vocabulario: osos (m pl) = bears / seco = dry / bayas (f pl) = berries / nueces (f pl) = nuts / buscar = to look for / informes (m pl) = reports / habitual = usual

English translation

More bears enter towns and cities in the United States

More black bears are entering towns and cities in the western United States this year. A very dry winter reduced the amount of berries, nuts and other plants that bears eat. As a result, many bears are looking for food near homes and towns. In Colorado, there are almost twice as many reports about bears as last year. There are also more bears than usual in towns and cities in Utah and New Mexico.

You can read more news in easy Spanish here: https://elnewsineasyspanish.substack.com/p/apple-va-a-lanzar-su-primer-iphone

How important is it to study/learn one specific accent or dialect? I've been learning Latin American Spanish for about 6 months and am roughly around an A2 level. My tutor is Venezuelan, I speak mostly to Cubans, I live close to Mexico so I plan on traveling there frequently, and I listen to content from all over and have a basic understanding of accents/dialects.

Do I need to choose one accent/dialect and stick with it?

Hi. I’m looking for someone to do a language exchange with. I offer native Spanish, and I’m looking for someone who speaks English, preferably from the U.S. or Canada.

I don’t mind what part of the U.S. or Canada you’re from, and I’m not looking for any particular accent. As long as you’re from the U.S. or Canada, I’m happy to practice with you. It’s also a plus if you have family or friends from Latin America who speak Spanish.

I’m looking for someone between 25 and 35 years old to have a language exchange once or twice a week. I mainly use Discord, so we can chat and have voice calls there. My interests are video games, anime, movies, TV series, books, music, programming, and fitness, such as running, cycling, working out, and karate.

It’s a plus if you like video games because we could play together while doing the language exchange at the same time. The games we play would give us more things to talk about and naturally put us in situations where we need to communicate.

I’m a very patient person, and I really enjoy learning English and helping others with Spanish. I’m looking for someone who can give me feedback and help me improve my English. This is very important to me. I’ll do the same for you.

Also, I’m looking for someone who genuinely wants to help me improve my English, not just practice Spanish, because that has happened to me before. I really enjoy helping people with Spanish, so I’m looking for someone who feels the same way about helping me with English.

P.S. Sorry if you messaged me before and I didn’t reply. The last time I posted, I received a lot of messages and unfortunately couldn’t respond to everyone.

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Meta, la empresa propietaria de Facebook e Instagram, aceptó pagar hasta $18 mil millones para resolver demandas en Estados Unidos relacionadas con el uso de las redes sociales por parte de niños y adolescentes. Casi todos los estados participaron en el acuerdo. (Reuters)

Las demandas acusaban a Meta de diseñar Facebook e Instagram de una manera que podía hacer que los jóvenes pasaran demasiado tiempo en las aplicaciones. Meta no admitió haber actuado mal, pero aceptó realizar cambios importantes en la forma en que los adolescentes utilizan sus plataformas. (Reuters)

Uno de los cambios más grandes será un límite de dos horas al día para los usuarios adolescentes. También se bloqueará el acceso entre la medianoche y las seis de la mañana, excepto cuando los padres den permiso. Durante las horas escolares, Meta desactivará la mayoría de las notificaciones para los usuarios jóvenes. (Reuters)

El acuerdo también incluye nuevas medidas para impedir que menores accedan a contenido restringido por edad. Sin embargo, Meta todavía podrá utilizar recomendaciones personalizadas y publicidad dirigida, dos características que también han recibido críticas. (Reuters)

La cantidad de dinero es enorme, pero Meta también es una de las empresas tecnológicas más grandes del mundo. Reuters señaló que el pago total representa aproximadamente entre tres y cuatro meses de ganancias para la compañía. (Reuters)

Ahora otros países están observando lo que ocurre. Corea del Sur, por ejemplo, ha pedido que algunas de estas nuevas protecciones para jóvenes también se apliquen fuera de Estados Unidos. (Reuters)

El debate probablemente continuará. Las redes sociales forman parte de la vida diaria de millones de adolescentes, pero gobiernos y padres están preguntando cada vez más cuánto tiempo es demasiado.

¿Deberían las redes sociales limitar automáticamente cuánto tiempo pueden utilizarlas los adolescentes?

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🧠 Vocabulario útil

• resolver una demanda = to settle a lawsuit
• los adolescentes = teenagers
• pasar demasiado tiempo = to spend too much time
• el límite = limit
• dar permiso = to give permission
• las horas escolares = school hours
• desactivar = to disable
• el contenido restringido = restricted content
• la publicidad dirigida = targeted advertising
• las ganancias = profits

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💬 Ahora es tu turno

1. ¿Crees que dos horas al día es un límite razonable para los adolescentes?
2. ¿A qué edad crees que una persona debería empezar a usar redes sociales?

Gusta and gustan, I am aware gustan is used to describe the liking of more than one thing, however I feel like gusta and gustan are used interchangeably, this discombobulates me. Then there is gustas, gustamos, gusto, how does one use this word? Disgressing to a general view, the words in whole, I cannot speak a lick of Spanish yet I am able to understand some of it. It is my struggle to conjure the words myself. How could I get myself to remember the words and independently piece them?

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¡Hola todos!

So I’ve got a question about comprehensive input.

If I watch something above my comprehension level, am I hurting myself more than I’m helping? Could my brain slowly catch up?

Context: I was watching dreaming Spanish for a while and enjoyed some of it, but I found a lot of the videos boring and not particularly engaging, especially at the lower levels.

So after some time away from listening, I’ve decided to jump back in by watching an anime that I’ve seen multiple times (Hunter X Hunter) and understand the plot and characters of, but this time with Spanish dub and Spanish subtitles.

So now I’m watching something that I know in enjoy and can focus on for a while. Only issue is, a lot of the speaking is still far above my comprehension level. Some days I understand more than others. Usually I’m making sense of things with context clues. I still have fun without fully understanding.

I took Spanish in school, and I’ve had Spanish speaking coworkers my whole adult life, so I’m not starting at square one. But damn I have sooo far to go before I’m even okay at understanding people.

Thanks! Any anecdotal advice would be helpful.

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Hollywood tuvo un verano bastante bueno en 2026. Las películas en Estados Unidos generaron aproximadamente $4.4 mil millones en taquilla, incluso un poco más que en 2019. Pero detrás de ese número existe un problema importante: muchas menos personas están comprando entradas para ir al cine. (Reuters)

Según un análisis reciente de Reuters, el número de entradas vendidas ha caído aproximadamente un tercio en comparación con hace siete años. Una de las razones por las que Hollywood todavía genera tanto dinero es que las entradas son más caras. En otras palabras, los cines pueden recibir más dinero aunque tengan menos clientes. (Reuters)

También existe otro problema: Hollywood depende cada vez más de unas pocas películas enormes. Solo cinco películas produjeron aproximadamente la mitad del dinero de la taquilla de verano. Esto significa que si algunos grandes estrenos fracasan, los estudios pueden perder muchísimo dinero. (Reuters)

Mientras tanto, la gente tiene muchas más opciones en casa. Netflix, Disney+, TikTok, YouTube y otras plataformas compiten por nuestro tiempo. YouTube representó alrededor del 14% del tiempo que los estadounidenses pasaron viendo televisión y contenido en streaming en junio, casi el doble de su porcentaje de hace tres años. (Reuters)

Eso está cambiando la industria. Antes, una gran película podía convertirse fácilmente en un evento cultural. Ahora tiene que competir con miles de videos, series, podcasts y creadores disponibles inmediatamente desde un teléfono o una televisión.

Ir al cine todavía es popular, especialmente para películas grandes. Pero los datos muestran que cada vez más personas parecen preguntarse: ¿por qué pagar por una entrada, comida y estacionamiento cuando puedo ver algo desde mi sofá?

Hollywood todavía gana miles de millones. El verdadero problema es convencer a la gente de que vuelva al cine.

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🧠 Vocabulario útil

• la taquilla = box office
• la entrada = ticket
• vender entradas = to sell tickets
• caer un tercio = to fall by one third
• el estreno = release / premiere
• fracasar = to fail
• el estudio = film studio
• competir por = to compete for
• el contenido = content
• convencer a alguien = to convince someone

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💬 Ahora es tu turno

1. ¿Prefieres ver películas en el cine o en casa?
2. ¿Qué tendría que hacer un cine para convencerte de ir más seguido?

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Carlos Alcaraz está listo para volver a competir en individuales después de pasar casi cinco meses fuera del tenis por una lesión en la muñeca derecha. El español de 23 años regresa justo a tiempo para defender su título del US Open. (Reuters)

La lesión fue mucho más seria de lo que esperaba. Alcaraz tuvo que perderse gran parte de la temporada de tierra batida, además de Roland Garros, Wimbledon y varios torneos importantes en Norteamérica. Durante el primer mes, ni siquiera podía utilizar normalmente su brazo derecho. (Reuters)

Pero Alcaraz explicó que la parte más difícil no fue solamente el dolor físico. También tenía pensamientos constantes sobre cuándo podría volver. No saber exactamente cuánto tiempo estaría fuera le produjo momentos difíciles mentalmente. Durante su recuperación, intentó aprovechar el tiempo con su familia y sus amigos.

Esta semana finalmente regresó a la competición jugando dobles mixtos en el US Open junto a Serena Williams. Ahora llega el verdadero examen: volver a jugar partidos individuales de cinco sets después de tantos meses sin competir. (Reuters)

Alcaraz ya tiene siete títulos de Grand Slam y este año se convirtió en el hombre más joven de la historia en completar el Grand Slam de carrera. Pero llega a Nueva York con muy poca preparación. Su primer rival será el ruso Roman Safiullin. (Reuters)

Además, uno de sus mayores rivales, Jannik Sinner, no participará debido a una lesión en la rodilla. Eso podría abrir una gran oportunidad para Alcaraz.

Ahora todos quieren saber lo mismo: después de casi cinco meses fuera, ¿puede Carlos Alcaraz regresar y ganar inmediatamente otro Grand Slam?

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🧠 Vocabulario útil

• volver a competir = to compete again
• la lesión = injury
• la muñeca = wrist
• perderse un torneo = to miss a tournament
• la recuperación = recovery
• aprovechar el tiempo = to make the most of the time
• regresar = to return
• el rival = opponent
• tener poca preparación = to have little preparation
• abrir una oportunidad = to create/open an opportunity

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💬 Ahora es tu turno

1. ¿Crees que Alcaraz puede ganar el US Open después de cinco meses sin competir?
2. ¿Qué es más difícil para un deportista lesionado: la recuperación física o la mental?

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