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Veggie in Buenos Aires. Difficult, but not impossible.

Buenos Aires is a city known for its steaks, but luckily there are restaurants serving tasting and fresh veggie and vegetarian fare. Most of them are in the touristic areas of the city (Palermo, San Telmo) and have a casual and homey atmosphere. Here some of them: BIO restaurant in Buenos Aires It was one [...]

By |2013-06-23T17:25:56-03:00June 23rd, 2013|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Veggie in Buenos Aires. Difficult, but not impossible.

Verbum – School of Spanish is awarded!

The LanguageBookings.com Quality School Award 2013 certifies that Verbum - School of Spanish in Buenos Aires, Argentina has achieved high quality standards in its range of language courses and students services. The LanguageBookings.com Quality School Award is given to schools with high appeal for international students, with an unbroken record of best value for money [...]

By |2013-05-13T11:28:01-03:00May 13th, 2013|Em Argentina, Spanish / Español, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Verbum – School of Spanish is awarded!

The newest statue in Buenos Aires: Mafalda! Do you know her?

The newest statue in Buenos Aires is also the most photographed. The statue is of Mafalda, a character from a comic strip created by the Argentine artist Quino. The comic strip is set in Buenos Aires in the late 60s and early 70s. The comic's namesake is a young girl from a typical middle class [...]

By |2011-10-21T00:06:35-03:00October 21st, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on The newest statue in Buenos Aires: Mafalda! Do you know her?

Our students write (part III)

Vlad el empalador/Drácula Hermina (Agosto 2011) Vlad III fue príncipe de Wallachia desde 1456 hasta 1462. Nació en 1431 y era el hijo de Vlad Dracul, un aristócrata rumano. El nombre Dracul venía del orden “Societas Draconistrarum”. Vlad II era miembro de esta orden y Vlad III también recibió la orden cuando tenía 5 años. [...]

By |2011-08-28T20:40:05-03:00August 28th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Our students write (part III)

Margarita Island, a beautiful place where you can learn Spanish

Isla Margarita (Margarita Island), known as the "Pearl of the Caribbean", is a mountainous tropical Caribbean island located off the north shore of Venezuela. The island has more than 50 beaches, scattered along 106 miles of coastline. Many visitors enjoy the island’s breathtaking beaches, nightlife and duty-free shopping. Isla Margarita is well known for the [...]

By |2011-08-05T16:33:05-03:00August 5th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Margarita Island, a beautiful place where you can learn Spanish

Borges’ Labyrinth in San Rafael, Mendoza

It’s been five years since a plant made labyrinth stands in Los Alamos, San Rafael province of Mendoza. With walls made of bushes, it was built in honor of Argentinean writer Jorge Luis Borges. Randoll Coate, who is the biggest specialist in symbolic labyrinths in the world, made the design. Coate, of British nationality, thought [...]

By |2011-07-17T18:51:14-03:00July 17th, 2011|Uncategorized|Comments Off on Borges’ Labyrinth in San Rafael, Mendoza

Verbos regulares en presente en español / Regular Spanish verbs in the Present Tense

In Spanish all the verbs have one of the following endings: –AR, -ER, o –IR. Here's the complete list of Spanish subject pronouns. Singular: yo (I) tú / vos (you) usted (formal you) él (he) ella (she) Plural: nosotros (we) ustedes (you) In Spain, they use "vosotros" instead of "ustedes", but both mean the same. [...]

By |2011-06-28T01:32:17-03:00June 28th, 2011|Spanish / Español|Comments Off on Verbos regulares en presente en español / Regular Spanish verbs in the Present Tense

Dicas de espanhol: Imperativo

El Modo Imperativo se utiliza para: Dar órdenes: Juan, poné la mesa, por favor. Dar instrucciones: Primero introduzca la moneda, después marque el número. Ofrecer: Coman más torta. Dar consejos: Si bebes, no conduzcas. 1. AFIRMATIVO Verbos regulares habla (tú) / hablá (vos) corre / corré vive / viví hable (usted) corra viva hablemos corramos [...]

By |2011-06-28T01:29:50-03:00June 28th, 2011|Espanhol / Español|Comments Off on Dicas de espanhol: Imperativo

O castelo San Carlos em Entre Ríos, Argentina: uma inspiração para “O Pequeno Príncipe” de Saint-Exupéry.

Muito antes de publicar "O Pequeno Príncipe", Saint-Exupéry trabalhou na Argentina. Ele desenhou rotas aéreas ligando Buenos Aires, Santiago de Chile, Assunção e correios da Patagônia. Em janeiro de 1930 como ele estava voando de Buenos Aires para Assunção em seu pequeno avião, um problema técnico forçou-o a terra (assim como em O Pequeno Príncipe). [...]

By |2011-06-28T01:21:36-03:00June 28th, 2011|Em Argentina|Comments Off on O castelo San Carlos em Entre Ríos, Argentina: uma inspiração para “O Pequeno Príncipe” de Saint-Exupéry.