‘Los’ vs ‘las’
In short – ‘Las’ and ‘los’ are definite articles used to refer to plural nouns. ‘Las’ is used exclusively with feminine plural nouns and ‘los’ is used with masculine plural …
‘Había’ vs ‘hubo’
I arrived late to a friend’s party over the weekend. He asked me what had happened, and I spurted out a hasty “Había un problema” (“There was a problem”). He …
‘Bonito’ vs ‘bonita’
In short – ‘bonito’ and ‘bonita’ are both adjectives that mean ‘pretty’, ‘beautiful’ or ‘cute’ in English. The former is used to modify masculine nouns, while the latter modifies feminine …
‘Era’ vs ‘estaba’
A Mexican friend once told me about a hike he’d been on in Oaxaca. He said that a river he’d crossed “estaba bien profundo.” – “was very deep.”. Being a …
‘Mucho’ vs ‘mucha’ vs ‘muchos’ vs ‘muchas’
In short – ‘mucho’ translates to ‘a lot of’, ‘much’ and ‘many’ in English. As adjectives ‘mucho’ and ‘mucha’ modify SINGULAR nouns (although ‘mucho’ can also be a pronoun AND …
Why It’s NEVER Correct to Say: ‘No bueno’!
In short – ‘not good’ AND ‘no good’ both literally translate as ‘no bueno’ in Spanish. However, this is NOT a grammatically correct phrase, so tread carefully! If you wanna …