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Cultural Tidbit: 5 Apps for Buenos Aires

If you’re going to be learning Spanish in Buenos Aires, consider getting one of the these 5 apps for your phone to help you make the most of your time in this amazing city. Porteño Spanish App – This handy app will help you learn lunfardo, the unique slang used by Buenos Aires residents, aka […]

Cultural Tidbit: How to Blend in when in Buenos Aires

Here are a few fun tips for how to look and act more like a porteño (Buenos Aires resident) while learning Spanish in Argentina. 1. Show your affection. Porteños are quite demonstrative with their affections. This even extends to public make out sessions in the park, the club, or even in the metro. 2. Become […]

Cultural Tidbit: Favorite spots in Buenos Aires

There are enough sights and attractions in bustling Buenos Aires to keep you busy every single moment that you’re not in Spanish class. Here are a few suggestions for what to do after you’ve already checked out the most iconic Buenos Aires sights (Casa Rosada, Recoleta Cemetery, Museo de Bellas Artes, tango shows). MALBA. The […]

Cultural Tidbit: Lunfardo

Often called the language of tango, Lunfardo is actually not a language or a dialect, but rather a slang vocabulary particular to the streets of Buenos Aires. Lunfardo developed among the same people who created tango, and it too is a fusion of Spanish, African, and European influences. According to expert José Gobello, Lunfardo is […]

Cultural Tidbit: Porteño Part 2–Characteristics

So what are the prominent differences between the porteño dialect and traditional Spanish? One main contrast is that the word “vos” is used for informal second person singular – not “tú.” Porteño speakers also use a different inflection when pronouncing the tú verb forms. Instead of saying “tú hablas”, they say “vos hablás”, borrowing the […]

Cultural Tidbit: Porteño Part 1–Origins

Wherever you learn Spanish, you will find that the locals speak with their own particular accent and local vocabulary. If you learn Spanish in Argentina–especially Buenos Aires–you will hear plenty of people speaking porteño, which is the local Spanish dialect. This dialect came about due to the influence of Italian and other European immigrants. The […]

Vista de Viernes: Recoleta Sculpture

This giant flower sculpture is located in the United Nations Park in Recoleta, Buenos Aires. It is designed so that the petals open at dawn and close at dusk.

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