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Spanish Idioms Overview

This is the Spanish Idioms Overview.

The Spanish idioms are ordered according to the CEFR level scale.

What Are Idioms?

Idioms are phrases or sentences, that have a particular meaning, that you would not be able to understand, from the individual words.

Essentially there are phrases that have a particular meaning.

You would not be able to deduce the meaning just by looking at the phrases.

For example, if you say that a pair of shoes suits someone, then you are actually saying that it looks good on someone. You are not talking about the size.

Learning Path

Spanish A0/A1 - Introduction to Spanish

In A0/A1 you will learn the fundamentals of Spanish idioms.

Spanish A1 - Beginner

In A1 you will learn about the beginner’s principles of Spanish idioms

Spanish A2 - Elementary

In A2 you will learn about the elementary principles of Spanish idioms

Spanish B1 - Intermediate

In B1 you will learn about the intermediate principles of Spanish idioms.

Spanish B2 - Upper Intermediate

In B2 you will learn about the upper intermediate principles of Spanish idioms.

Spanish C1 - Advanced

In C1 you will learn about the advanced principles of Spanish idioms.

Spanish A0/A1

Me llamo = My name is

Soy de = I am from

¿Cómo está(s)? = How are you?

Vivo en = I live in

Tengo [número] años = I am [number] years old

Hay = There is / There are

Spanish A1

When to use Ser

When to use Estar

Talking About the Weather

Using gustar to say that you like [doing] something

Vez/Veces = Time/Times

Time in Spanish

Tener Que = To Have To

I would like

Using doler to say that something hurts

Using necesitar to express a need (to do something)

Spanish A2

Like in Spanish

How to use Hubo

How to use Había

Ago in Spanish

How to Make General Statements

Not Yet in Spanish [Europe]

Not Yet in Spanish [Latin America]

Since/For

Expressing Negative Feelings

Hay Que = Obligation

Es Bueno & Malo vs Está Bien & Mal

Use a in Spanish after ….

The Same in Spanish

Traer vs Llevar (To Take/To Bring)

Use Tomar with Food and Drinks

Still in Spanish

Jugar vs Tocar

Sentir vs Sentirse

Spanish B1

Saber vs Conocer

Actions/Events That Started in the Past and are Ongoing in the Present

Make Requests and Give Advice in Spanish with Poder in the Conditional Tense

Use Menos To Say Except in Spanish

Express Time in Spanish: the Beginning, Middle, and End

Spanish B2

How to Say Hope That in Spanish

While/As Long As in Spanish = Mientras

Use The Spanish Present Tense To Refer To The Future With Future Time Phrases

Was/Were Going To Do Something in Spanish

Interrupting Actions in Spanish

To Give Up Something/To Stop Doing Something in Spanish

How to Say How Long Ago in Spanish

Hubo vs Había (Preterite vs Imperfect)

How to Say To Start Doing/To Begin in Spanish

How to Say So That in Spanish

So Many That & So Much That in Spanish

To Like Someone in Spanish [Romantically]

Could Have [Done Something] in Spanish With Poder

Would Have [Done Something] in Spanish With Haber

Should Have [Done Something] in Spanish With Deber

Poder in Preterite vs Imperfect

Querer in Imperfect vs Preterite

Ser in Imperfect vs Preterite

Estar in Imperfect vs Preterite

Tener in Imperfect vs Preterite

To Become in Spanish = Hacerse/Convertirse En/Ponerse/Quedarse

Express The Hope For A Completed Action in The Future in Spanish

How Long Something Had Been Happening in Spanish

Before/After Having Done Something in Spanish

How To Say To Forget in Spanish With Olvidar/Olvidarse

How To Say If I Were You in Spanish

Spanish C1

How to Say No Matter How Much in Spanish

How to Say Therefore in Spanish

How To Express Feelings with Qué in Spanish

How to Say Despite in Spanish

How to Say Remind Of Spanish

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