Category Archives: Español
To Beat About the Bush – Marear la Perdiz
Proverbs, or refranes in Spanish, can be quite intimidating in any language and sometimes a great source of amusement. Trying to explain English proverbs to my Spanish friends can be very frustrating and the point is often missed. Some vocabulary loses a lot in the translation. So it was very interesting to come across a [...]
Photographing the Work of Santiago Calatrava
What do you do if you are in control of a famous medieval city with the industrial area of a dried out old river bed (the river diverted 50 years before to avoid flooding) scarring the landscape and positioned at the end of a creatively designed public garden. If you were English you would immediately [...]
Phrases of the Day
Had great fun over the last three days finding out good alternative translations for the following phrases:
Sin ir más lejos = to take an obvious example
sin ir más = por ejemplo
siempre y cuando = as long as, provided (that), providing (that)
trapichear = to trick, to be on the fiddle (especially useful for MPs)
Many thanks to [...]
