Carlos and his Uncle Fredy talk to us about the tradition of the "año viejo" in Colombia. Literally meaning "old year" (and also the name for the "New Year's Eve" holiday), an "año viejo" is symbolic doll that can represent a multitude of themes and especially the leaving behind of the sorrows, failures, and suffering of the year that is ending in order to kick off a better New Year.

In this third and final part of his series on the versatile word "así" in Spanish, we'll learn still more useful expressions that include it and test our recollection of previous ones in the context of a little story.

In the second video of his series about the word "así," Carlos teaches us some of the more common Spanish expressions that include it, such as "así como así," "así es que," y "así es." Let's find out what these mean!

In this series of videos, Carlos introduces us to the small-but-very-useful word "así" and its many uses. This introduction will focus on this word as an adverb of manner, quantity, and degree.

In the final part of this lesson about Spanish expressions with human body parts, Carlos tells us some amusing ones with the hands, back, arms, and more!

In part three of his series about Spanish expressions that include human body parts, Carlos focuses on the nose and neck.

In part two of this series on Spanish expressions that include human body parts, Carlos teaches us several that mention the eyes and tongue.

Carlos reviews the names of some body parts in Spanish— and perhaps teaches us some new ones— by telling us about some popular Spanish idioms that include them.

In this video, Cleer recites the poem "Árbol de Navidad" [Christmas Tree] by Chilean author Roberta Meza Fuentes. Enjoy!

Welcome to the last part of this lesson devoted to compounding in Spanish, where Carlos will review what we've learned thus far while revealing the fourth and final group of Spanish compounds, which are formed by combining two adjectives.

In this third part of his series devoted to compounding in Spanish, Carlos will introduce us to additional types of compound words that are formed upon joining both adjectives and verbs with nouns.

When Princess Eulalia goes missing, the King promises her hand to whichever of the four brothers can find her. Who will it be? And what will become of the other three? Find out in the second part of this story!

Compound words can be divided into four groups based on the nature of their components. In this video, Carlos explains the first group: compounds consisting of two nouns in which the second one attributes some quality to the first.

In this tale told by Cleer, four brothers manage to obtain extraordinary abilities within their trades of cobbler, hunter, astrologer, and thief. Let's find out what each can do!

Like in English, compounding in Spanish occurs when two or more words merge together to form a new word called a "compound word" or simply "compound." Let's learn about the different types of compound words in Spanish, with examples of each.