Guess who was voted the best new band in the world in 2009? Drum-roll, please… Our friends Bomba Estéreo! Yabla met them back when they were the opening act of (the also great and friendly) ChocQuibTown. Since then, Bomba Estéreo have been spreading like fire all over America and Europe.

Shakira certainly knows something of the change-up life. A Colombian, she lives in the Bahamas, dates an Argentinian, switched to English, was a brunette, is now a blonde. In this video for “Gitana” (Gypsy), watch her flirt with Spanish tennis star Rafael Nadal as she tells us what fans already know.

The old saying goes “Hijo de tigre, sale pintado”. Literally, it means the baby tiger is going to bear the same marks as his father. But it also means that there are some things we inherit and carry with us. Here, Aterciopelados is singing about leaving some inherited, violent habits behind.

What if you took a bunch of musical aces from Bogotá and asked them to cook up a picante take on the Led Zeppelin classic “Babe, I’m Gonna Leave You”? Wonder no longer…

It was his father who gave him the nickname “Juanes,” created by combining his first name (Juan) and the beginning of his second name (Esteban). Pops may have realized that it made for a perfect pop idol calling card, as he also taught him to play guitar.

After a quick review of the conjugation of the verb "ser" (to be) in the present indicative, Carlos gives us a quiz to test what we have learned about this extremely useful verb.

After reviewing the first functions of the verb "ser" [to be] from part one of this series, Carlos teaches us several more functions with lots of example sentences.

The verb "ser" has many uses in Spanish that enable us to express many things. In this first part of his lesson on this verb, Carlos shows us how to use it to talk about such things as character, permanent characteristics, nationality, and more.

This time, Carlos focuses on the personal pronouns in Spanish, which are used to refer to people in sentences. Let's explore, among other things, which personal pronouns are singular vs. plural, which ones are masculine vs. feminine, and which ones are particular to certain regions.

Upon arrival to a new city, you might need some help finding certain places. In this video, Cleer and Lida will show us how to ask pertinent questions and start a conversation with somebody in this context.

Let's have some fun singing and learning about the different parts of the body with Jacky!

Let's learn how to strike up a conversation with someone in Spanish with both the formal and informal styles of address.

Cleer and Lida meet at the lake to do some exercise with an inflatable board. But first, they'll need to inflate it! Let's count with them to one hundred while they do it.

Jacky sings a popular spring song. Let's learn Spanish by singing!

The English representation of the sound that a rooster makes is "cock-a-doodle-doo," but what is it in Spanish? Learn this and more as Jacky sings us the "Farmer's Song."