Shorouk Express If you’re reading The Local Spain, the chances are that you’re an ‘extranjero’ or ‘extranjera’. Extranjero or extranjera mean foreigner in Spanish, the former being masculine and the latter feminine. The word can be a noun (a male foreigner is un extranjero and a female foreigner is una extranjera). It can also be…
Shorouk Express A Spanish appeals court overturned Friday former Brazil international footballer Dani Alves’ rape conviction, arguing his trial was marked by “shortcomings” and “inaccuracies”. Alves was sentenced to four-and-a-half years in jail in February last year for raping a young woman in the VIP bathroom of a Barcelona nightclub on December 31, 2022. The…
Shorouk Express Thinking about buying a property in Spain? Here are some very useful terms in Spanish you need to be familiar with to make sure you get the best conditions possible for an ‘hipoteca’. If you plan on buying a home in Spain, it’s likely that you will need to apply for a mortgage…
Shorouk Express The city of Ávila near Madrid was partially under water on Saturday as authorities mobilised to deal with the flooding, caused by weeks of intense rainfall across Spain. Television images showed several neighbourhoods in Ávila, a city famous for its fortifications located about 100 kilometres from the Spanish capital, and surrounding agricultural areas…
Shorouk Express The Catalan village of Penelles has been transformed into a street art hotspot with over 150 murals decorating its buildings’ walls, all in a bid to attract tourists and help locals fight depopulation. Many of Spain’s interior regions are suffering from the consequences of dwindling populations and lack of services due to the…
Shorouk Express Today’s Spanish Word of the Day is for the early birds among you. The Spanish verb madrugar means to wake up early or rise early. As you can see, there isn’t a one-word translation of madrugar in English. It’s a regular verb in Spanish: yo madrugo, tu madrugas, el/ella madruga, nosotros madrugamos, vosotros…
Shorouk Express Spain is home to the EU’s largest British population, but very few of them have applied for Spanish citizenship since the Brexit vote, especially when compared to UK nationals in other European countries. More than 120,000 Britons were naturalised via residency in European countries since the 2016 Brexit referendum and until 2023, according…
Shorouk Express The spot also features the premier’s wife, Begoña Gómez, former transport minister José Luis Ábalos and other figures with links to Sánchez’s Socialist party who are facing graft allegations. All appear in swimwear on an idyllic beach in the video, which the right-wing PP has now removed from its account on social media…
Shorouk Express Cursi is a Spanish adjective that describes something or someone that’s kitsch, corny or cheesy. According to Spain’s Royal Academy, the country’s main Spanish language institution, cursi is an adjective which defines something or someone that may appear elegant or delicate, but is really pretentious or of bad taste. There are similar words…
Shorouk Express Typically Spaniards have two surnames, while in many other countries such as the UK, Canada, the United States and Australia just have one. In fact, all Spanish speaking countries have this practice, with the exception of Argentina. When Spaniards are born, they are assigned both their father’s and their mother’s first surnames, giving…
