The nuances of Spanish exist well beyond any dictionary. As if the language weren't hard enough to learn, our daily speech is full of words that have been completely redefined as slang. And to make ...

Spanish slang connoisseur Roxana Fitch grew up in Tijuana, birthplace of some of the most distinctive slang words — or jergas — in the entire Spanish-speaking world. The proximity of Tijuana, and of ...

Ever notice how sometimes you have no clue what other Latinx people are talking about when they're speaking Spanish? It's no exaggeration to say that our colloquialisms and slang terms can be worlds ...

"Perreo." “Jurutungo.” "Güira." "Jevo." "Lambeojo." "Juyilanga." These distinct Puerto Rican words — which are used casually and mostly have humorous connotations — are part of a long list of terms ...

On this episode of "Slang School," Antonio Banderas teaches you Spanish slang words. Antonio stars in "Genius: Picasso" which premieres April 24 at 9/8c on National Geographic. This is very ...

I still remember my introduction to Spanish as spoken in rural Costa Rica. I had a good, but inflexible vocabulary, with one word in Spanish for most nouns and verbs. Cerdo was the word for pig, until ...

You can’t call yourself fluent in Costa Rican Spanish unless you understand its slang. Maybe you already speak Spanish. If that is true, you probably know that words and expressions differ between ...