The Rise of Spanglish
The term Spanglish came into existence between 1965 and 1970 and refers to any expression in Spanish that borrows parts of English, especially as substitutions
Miamian English: What’s That About?
Language variation is an active process. As you travel from one corner of the U.S. to the other, you will see that different communities speak
‘Estadounidismos’: A New Variety of Spanish
More and more people in the United States speak Spanish; in fact, it is the second most spoken language in the country. As a consequence,
Movie Watch: The best translation movies to watch.
There are movies for everything. Whether you want to laugh, cry, be scared, solve mysteries, the movie world has it all. Well, what if you
The Birth of a Language
Some time ago we wrote about code switching, and how this informal phenomenon manifests itself in virtually infinite ways. In that post, we mentioned Spanglish,
Does U.S. Spanish Exist?
On many occasions, when translators consult with our clients about which Spanish-speaking public they want to address, we come across the answer that “we want
The RAE Has Entered the Homestretch of a New Edition
In recent days, the Real Academia Española (RAE) disclosed the incorporation of new terms into the new edition to be published in October, which will
What Is Code-switching?
In linguistics, code-switching refers to the simultaneous and syntactically and phonologically appropriate use of more than one language. It is fairly common to hear multilingual
A Sonorous Atlas of the Spanish Language
To celebrate the Sixth International Conference on the Spanish Language, which took place last week in Panama, the Spanish newspaper El País had writers from
Puerto Rican Spanish
The Spanish spoken in Puerto Rico shares linguistic features with other West Indian islands and the continental Caribbean, but it has its own characteristics. Undoubtedly,
