Hola cine adictos, Do you miss our cinema nights? I do. But do not worry, it is coming. As we were doing some other social events and also Easter was on the way, we haven´t been able to organise a movie night earlier. But finally the night has come and we will see each other enjoying pizza and a drink on Friday 11th May. It is great to see how students are so happy to take part of different social…
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Spanish use this expression in a metaphorical way, but its origin from centuries ago is real. Continue reading if you want to know why. In medieval days hostelries were unpopular because of the food they served. The most common technique was to give cat meat when customers asked for hare. Today Spanish use this expression when someone tries to cheat with something similar but inferior. But this was not the only scam they made. True or not, other tricks were…
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Antes cuando te preguntaban de dónde eras y decías español o española, siempre recibías respuestas muy similares como “¡Ah!, Barcelona” o “Madrid” o “Messi” o “la paella”, ahora te suelen decir: “¿española?, ¡ah! la Casa de Papel”. Pues, esta serie española, desde que la empezaron a emitir en Netflix, se ha convertido en un éxito internacional, especialmente en Francia, Italia, Brasil, Argentina y Turquía. En España, sin embargo, tuvo un éxito discreto, y esto puede deberse a la forma de…
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Its name originally comes from the Arab word “Mayrit” which means “main stream” due to a large amount of water that they found in this city at that time. However the river crossing the country’s capital is not very abundant today. Despite not having the most beautiful river in the world you shouldn’t miss the charm of this magical place where nobody asks you where you are from. If you want to visit the most multicultural neighbourhood in Madrid I…
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Like in English, this Spanish expression refers to someone who sleeps very well. The origin goes back to Salamanca in the 14th century and a story that talks about Álvaro de Torregrossa, a Castellan nobleman and his daughter Blanca Flora. A young Blanca met a rich Muslim merchant who she fell in love with. The merchant introduced himself to Blanca’s father with a big amount of riches, so he could have permission to marry her and take her to Granada. Blanca’s…
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