Why learn Spanish
Today, about 580 million people speak Spanish making it the second most widely spoken language in terms of native speakers and the third most spoken language internationally.
By learning Spanish you will open yourself to a complete new world of travel and work possibilities! Learn Spanish with us today!
Spanish facts
- Spanish is the mother tongue of an estimated 580 million people.
- Spanish ranks as the world's No. 2 language in terms of how many people speak it as their first language, 483 million people.
- It is the third most popular language on the internet, right after Chinese Mandarin and English. Almost 10% of internet communication occurs in Spanish.
- Spanish is one of the world's most phonetic languages. If you know how a word is spelled, you can almost always know how it is pronounced.
- Spanish is part of the Indo-European family of languages, therefore, in the same language family as English.
Spanish culture facts
- Spanish people live longer. Spain is the second oldest nation in the world. Only the Japanese have a longer life expectancy.
- In Spain there are four official languages (Castilian, Catalan, Basque and Galician), three unofficial regional languages (Aranese, Aragonese and Asturian), and several more dialects.
- Soccer represents a century-long rivalry: Spain is home to two of the most popular fútbol teams in the world: Real Madrid and FC Barcelona. These two teams have been competing for centuries, nipping at each other’s heels and hosting some of the best players the world has ever seen.
- As everybody knows, the Spaniards have a completely different life rhythm form other Europeans as they usually have lunch between 1 and 3 and dinner between 9 and 10.
- Most Spaniards, every evening after work, they go for a walk, have a drink or dine something in the local restaurant.
- About 60 million tourists go to Spain every year, which makes it the fourth most visited country in the world.
- The very famous Flamenco is not actually a dance, it’s a musical style, and sometimes it has dancing in it.
- The 5 most visited festivals in Spain: The Sanfermines in Pamplona, The April Fair in Sevilla, the Fallas in Valencia, the Tomatina in Buñol and the Cádiz carnival gather between them about 12 million visitors per year, between national and foreign visitors.
- Learn Spanish with us and you will enjoy these festivals like a local!
Interesting Spanish words
- Amorfo – without form, can be used to refer to an ugly person
- Achuchar – to hug someone to the point that they can't breathe
- Agobio – feeling overwhelmed
- Antro – a very bad drinking joint
- A saco paco – to do something to the last consequences
- Atosigar – to harass
- Botellón – a meeting with friends in a park or public place while drinking alcohol
- Cachas – one who is all muscle
- Cabreada – hopping mad
- Catar – to taste
- Comerse un marrón – to get into a lot of trouble
- De morros – in a mood
- Empollón/a – a young person who studies all the time and has no social life
- Estar de bajón – to feel very depressed and unwilling to do anything
- Farsante – phoney
- Guiri – non Spaniard, mostly used for tourists
- Gorrón – one that's always begging and doesn't want to pay for stuff
- Jeta – cheeky
- Lo pillo (pillarlo) – I get it
- Mamón – someone very stupid
- Peña – a bunch of people
- Resaca – a hangover
- Resacón – a huge hangover
- Vidorra – to live the life you're meant to live
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