Darse la gran vida – to live it up
Estar en la flor de la vida – to be in the prime of one’s life
Estar lleno de vida – to be full of life
Estar vivito y coleando – to be alive and kicking
Gozar de la vida – to enjoy life
Jugar de vivo – to take advantage of something
Más vivo que un dolor de muelas
Similar but different words
El coma – coma (medical)
La coma – comma
El cuento – story
La cuenta – bill or count
El trompo – a child’s tops that spins
La trompa – a elephants trunk, snout or the front of a car
El suelo – ground
La suela –
Spanish Language Proficiency?
Recently, I was engaged in a discussion about how to determine one’s fluency in a foreign language. The material below should give you an idea about how to figure out your own level of fluency in Spanish.
In order to figure out whether you are fluent in a language, you need to analyze your own language abilities. According to the “official”
Computer Lingo for the Gringo
Here are some computer terms.
Archivo – file
Amigable para el usuario – user friendly
Bajar or descargar –to download
Base de datos – data base
Bitácora – a blog
Bloguear – to blog
Borrar – Delete
Cable –
Election Lingo
I should have written this last week but have been very busy “hasta el copete de trabajo” finishing two books on Cuba (Cuban Spanish and a guidebook), one on Panama (Spanish), one on Mexican Spanish and my real estate book. “Más vale tarde que nunca” (Better late than never)…Nunca es tarde si la dicha es buena
