Carlos explains how the purpose of diminutive and augmentative suffixes is to express increased or decreased intensity of the word to which they are attached and gives us some common examples in Spanish.

Do you get confused when it comes to choosing between the prepositions "por" and "para"? In this series of videos, Carlos will clearly explain the difference between the two, with plenty of examples.

In the second part of this lesson, Carlos focuses on additional uses of the frequently confused prepositions, "por" and "para," particularly when talking about time and location.

We finish this series on the prepositions, "por" and "para," with some additional, quite common uses for you to put into practice.

In this series, Carlos shares with us some of the best resources about the Spanish language that can be found online.

In this series, Carlos shares with us several online resources to look up Spanish words and expressions. Today, we'll learn about the Dictionary of the Spanish Language, which was first published in seventeen eighty.

In this lesson, you will learn about another great resource from the Royal Spanish Academy: the Pan-Hispanic Dictionary of Doubts! Carlos will tell us a bit about it and the kinds of questions it might help us to answer.

Carlos recommends to us a third useful resource for getting our grammar questions answered in Spanish.

Welcome to the fifth part of this series about resources for getting your most pressing Spanish questions answered as quickly and accurately as possible! In this section, Carlos will let us know how the RAE's Linguistic Portal works.

Let's keep learning more about the Royal Spanish Academy's Linguistic Portal, specifically, the Word Observatory and Games and Challenges sections.

Carlos tells us about a useful online resource for getting quick answers to our most pressing Spanish grammar and spelling questions.

In this last part of the series on resources for getting your Spanish questions answered, Carlos explains how to consult with FundéuRAE directly by using the "Questions" form they offer on their site.

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.

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 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.