“Mayday” stays the standard distress word on Spanish radio, while everyday Spanish cries for help include “¡Socorro!” and “¡Auxilio!”. When fear hits, language can slip. You might speak Spanish well and still blank on the mic. Or you might speak Spanish daily and wonder if “Mayday” changes when the other side speaks Spanish. On aviation […]

A polite choice is “Buenas tardes, señora” (or “señorita”), with the title matching her preference and your level of formality. You can learn a lot of Spanish in a short time, but greetings are where tiny choices show. “Good afternoon” is simple. Adding “lady” is where people freeze. Do you say señora? señorita? Do you

The preterite marks finished actions in the past, with endings and irregular patterns that let you tell what happened, when it ended, and who did it. You can read Spanish for years and still stumble the moment you need to say what you did last weekend. That’s the preterite tense: the workhorse for finished actions.

A few sharp Spanish chants can turn one good play into a whole-stand roar, even if you only know a handful of words. You don’t need fluent Spanish to cheer well. You need the right rhythm, a couple of go-to phrases, and pronunciation that lands. This page gives you ready chants, when to use them,

Most often, “into” becomes “en”, “a”, or “dentro de”, depending on whether you mean motion, change, or being inside something. “Into” looks simple in English. In real sentences, it pulls a lot of weight: direction (go into), arrival inside (fall into), and change (turn into). Spanish handles those ideas too, just not with one all-purpose

A simple shop chat uses a greeting, a clear request, a price check, and a polite close, all in short, repeatable lines. You don’t need fancy Spanish to buy what you want. You need a handful of lines that fit real store moments: saying hi, asking for an item, checking the price, paying, and leaving

Words like dolor, fiebre, and náuseas let you say what you feel, where it is, and how long it’s been going on. When you feel sick, you don’t want to hunt for words. You want to be understood fast. Spanish makes that doable if you learn the right building blocks: the symptom word, the body

Use “padres o tutores legales” on most forms, and choose “progenitores” when you need a neutral, legal-sounding label. You see “Parents or Guardians” on school packets, clinic intake sheets, travel permission slips, and sign-up screens. Translating it into Spanish feels simple until you hit the details: Do you mean a child’s mother and father, any

Use “Buenas noches, mi amor” for a sweet goodnight, then add a short line that matches your tone and your relationship. You want a goodnight that lands. Not stiff. Not like it came from a phrase list. Just something a man can read and think, “Yeah… that’s her.” This is the simple move: start with

In Spanish, otaku usually means an anime or manga superfan, said neutrally or teasingly depending on tone. You’ll see otaku in Spanish chats, captions, and comments where people talk about anime, manga, cosplay, games, and fan events. Most of the time it’s simple: a person who’s deep into Japanese pop media. Still, the same word