English – Spanish Dictionary
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ENGLISH – SPANISH DICTIONARY
INTRODUCTION
Spanish language is very similar to other romance languages (French, Italian, and
Portuguese). When someone is traveling it is important to try and talk to the
people to have a real experience. To begin you will make mistakes, but you will
learn from those mistakes. Make an effort to speak with as many locals as
possible and you will not regret the results.
If you are looking to increase your vocabulary a great strategy besides talking to
locals is to read in Spanish. A great way to practice is to get a newspaper or
magazine and try to read using a dictionary to help with unfamiliar words.
Another great idea is to watch T.V. Many American shows are subtitled in
Spanish offering a great opportunity to learn common phrases. If you want a
more direct approach you may want to enroll in the many Spanish language
schools or hire a tutor to help you learn.
Communicating in a person's language is the best way to have truly authentic
experience in the country.
LANGUAGE
Most verbs in Spanish are conjugated. That means they will use different
endings depending on what tense the verb is to be used. For example, Spanish
uses a present indicative, past preterit, past imperfect, future, conditional, and