Why is it important to learn Spanish?

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 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.
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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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