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The verb “tratar” is versatile and is a high-frequency Spanish verb. Learn its uses here and improve your Spanish.

When students need to say “but” and “but rather” in Spanish, they are often uncertain how to say it. The questions dealt with …

Are you trying to say ‘Can’ in Spanish? Maybe you mean a tin can, but probably not… This article is about the ways in which the …

Want to express ‘corner’ in Spanish? Inside corners, outside corners, edges… street corners – they all have a different …

English sometimes uses ‘outweigh’ literally, as when speaking of weight classes for athletes. Sometimes it’s figurative, when …

Context is everything! The English word “country” can be translated into Spanish in many ways. Understanding this is valuable for students …

One of the translations of “by” is “por” – but … not always. This article will give a few other ways to render …

The Beatles never said it better, but in Spanish there are a number of words that answer to the various ways in which “help” is used in …

Don’t let prepositional usage be a stumbling block that discourages your intermediate students from becoming advanced students of Spanish. This …

These useful little words can make a conversation flow more smoothly or change direction by introducing a new thought. It also can be used in a …

Watch out for atender, asistir and ayudar or even apoyar… They don’t mean what they sound like they should to the English speaker’s …

A bilingual dictionary often isn’t good enough to help you resolve doubts about translating many common words. “Before” is a common …