As the WorldTeach volunteers continue to imerse themselves in the Spanish language it takes some time to readjust to English when we are visiting one another. This past week during Semana Santa, Spanglish was the language of choice among the volunteers. Here are a few of my favorites…
“Wicked tuanis”
There are a number of volunteers from the Boston area. Tuanis means “cool” in Costa Rica but if you’re from Boston it of course means “wicked.” The two together means its really really wicked.
“Let’s get vamosing.”
“Let’s get going.”
“El pregunted me.”
“He asked me.” I am a big fan of Spanish verbs with English … (Read more)