Texas Teacher To Latino Student: “Go Back To Mexico”

Shirley Bunn said something several months ago that has slowly been gaining notoriety, a notoriety that seems to be growing with time. She’s a math teacher at a junior high school in […]

It’s Friday! Time to forget about work for 48 hours, hangout with friends, let loose and enjoy the weekend. For some of us, that means partaking in a tasty alcoholic […]

Chilean Spanish is a Spanish like no other.  Between the staccato speech, the unique grammar, and the distinctive vocabulary and sayings referred to as chilenismos, even a native Spanish speaker can get […]

You might be asking yourself, “What’s ‘rete’ mean?” The answer is, nothing necessarily in and of itself, but in conjunction with another word, it can lend itself to mean “very” […]

Have you ever heard the word, “suave?” The word is used to mean “smooth” in a variety of contexts, but the usage I wanted to highlight this evening is that […]

There is a particular shame associated with being a Latino in the United States: you may not speak Spanish, and if you do, you will never speak it well enough. I […]

Recently, I found myself wading through sick memories of my Guelito Chente, missing him (since he died in 2006), but also feeling so grateful for having spent a few precious […]

Do you know who your tocayo or tocaya is? You probably do but don’t even know it. Tocayo is a word used to mean “namesake,” or someone that has your […]

I didn’t learn to speak English until I was about four.  And who do I have to thank for teaching me? Big Bird and Mr. Snuffleupagus. Bert and Ernie. That’s […]

Hablo Y Hablas is our new language segment, in which we share words and phrases from our lives. This week I shared a saying from my childhood, “Sana, sana colita […]