Spanish Lessons and Translations

DotLingo is an interesting site. It contains a mix of french and spanish lessons which cover the basics and also a blog of translations practice by the site owner. Here you can read translations of current events from pages like the bbc news site.

DotLingo: Spanish Index Page

Fancy a Spanish Tongue Twister?

Tongue Twisters are fun in any language. If you are learning Spanish then this list of Tongue Twisters can lighten the mood if it is all getting to serious in your study. For example, try...

Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal.

This one is from a whole collection of tongue twisters in different languages. For the spanish list see The Collection of Tongue Twisters - Spanish

Pictorial Spanish Vocabulary Builder

If you are serious about improving your vocabulary then take a look at the site below. The lessons are great for those of a more visual learning style as each contains a picture with several objects in a theme. You simply move your mouse over the picture to see the spanish word for the object. Many objects have an additional set of words highlighted with red circles. For example the elephant has trunk and tusk available too.

Spanish: Vocabulary Guide | Español: Guía de vocabulario

Pronounciation - Even the word is difficult to say!

For those getting started getting your head around the different letter sounds in a language can be daunting. Later on in language learning it is something that is worth checking over for the little used sounds and letter combinations.

The following page has all the knowledge you need as well as example sound files for you to hear the sound yourself.

Spanish Pronunciation

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SpanishDICT.com - a long lost friend

I have to confess to having a break in learning spanish a year back. Before that break I was a regular visitor to SpanishDICT.com. The site is a nice english to spanish or spanish to english dictionary which is quick and easy to use.

One of the best features are its approximate tick box which allows you to be less accurate with you typing and offers you suggestion of what you meant. The other favourite feature is the audio button to hear what the word sounds like.

Glad to have rediscovered it again.

SpanishDICT.com - Dictionary of Spanish and English

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Use your spanish to get a feel of current affairs from around the world

It is very easy to just view the world from your own countries news. But a lot is happening that you don't hear about or hear difficult local versions of the story.

Using your spanish skills you should be able to pick up the basic themes of news from around the world. Even if you don't understand it all you should pick up the main idea especially since you know roughly but not exactly what the stories are about.

On Directory of Spanish newspapers in Spanish you will find a large list of countries and their spanish news paper websites. Some of my favourites include ELPAIS.es and Actualidad24horas.com.

I also love the bbc news in spanish which has lots of pictures and is in bite size pieces see http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/news/default.stm

Enjoy and don't worry if you don't understand it all. Just try and pick up a few new words for example and it is all worth while.

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Fancy testing your spanish vocabulary?

We all love quizes ... I found these english to spanish quizes that are designed as a resource for teachers of english as a second language. The cover a wide range of vocabulary divided by different situations and topics.

Topics include:


Food - fruits,Health,Clothing,Money,Medicine,Theme Parks,Adjectives you must know, and much more (1000+ words).

Why not visit the quizes at English-Spanish Vocabulary Quizzes

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Visually expand your vocabulary

The clever people at Thinkmap have created a nice visual thesaurus that works in a multitude of languages including spanish. It works by asking for an initial word and working out all the connected words. The result are shown in a graph along with definitions of words. You can then explore the other words by clicking on them and a new set of connected words related to that word appear.

Very neat way to increase your vocabulary. It is however a paid service after you have played with the free trial.

Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus

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Sneak a peek at some songs to aid learning

Not sure what the hearing equivalent of 'Sneak a peek' is ... Anyway I found some interesting previews of songs to help you learn spanish. Reminds me of sing-a-long a spanish which was great for in car learning and for getting my kids involved in early language learning. While the snippets of songs are short ... they want you to buy the CDs it goes to remind you that everyone learns in different ways. For some hearing music helps it all go it better while others need to write things down.