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Burial of the Sardine

Burial of the Sardine

Here’s a short post about an interesting ceremony that takes place every year on Ash Wednesday in certain parts of Spain: the Burial of the Sardine. As Carnival comes to an end and Lent is about to begin,

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Oath of Santa Gadea

Oath of Santa Gadea

This week we are publishing something a little more advanced. Here is a 13th century “cantar”, an oral poem that Castilian troubadours would recite in towns’ main squares and the like. It features El Cid,

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Washing yourself the hands

Washing yourself the hands

Here’s another “employees must wash hands” sign: What’s the problem here? Well, we would never phrase it like that in Spanish, and in this case this is purely idiomatic. The way it’s written, we would

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Employees must wash hands

Employees must wash hands

This week’s newsletter is about a very simple concept: in Spanish, when we are talking about nouns with an “in general” meaning, we must always use the definite article (el, la, los, las). Nouns with an

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Restaurant Vocabulary in Spanish

Restaurant Vocabulary in Spanish

«Gracias por la comida, Sara» / PUBLIC DOMAIN Here is some vocabulary related to restaurants, which may be useful if you are planning on visiting a Spanish-speaking country in the future, or if you are