CASUAL vs FORMAL Mexicans generally are more formal than folks from the United States and Canada, in most senses. This applies to general manners, dress, and speaking.  While normal in many places in the greater North America, wearing sweats or other casual wear anywhere but...

Have you ever wondered what to do when meeting or greeting someone, or what is expected for simple social interactions like visiting or giving/receiving a gift? Today’s article will cover greeting people, gifts, visiting or hosting, and birthday hugs. Yes--birthday hugs, it’s a...

Spanish level: Intermediate Many find themselves in conversations and suddenly being misunderstood due to words that sound almost like the cognate in English, but mean something very different. A cognate is a word that sounds similar, or is spelled similarly as in English: for...