What did it all mean? The build-up to the year 2021 has been massive, as the year marks 500 years since the Spanish and Christianity arrived on our shores. But
When I was growing up in Manila in the 1960s and ’70s, the Spanish language was no longer as vibrant as it had been in the prewar era, when Filipino
Heart recently posted a clip on her Instagram account where she asked her husband about the original Spanish version of the Philippine national anthem.
Spanish cuisine is a culinary world in itself, with dishes authentic to each region, and where every city or town takes pride in its own homegrown specialties. Barcelona, for instance,
A bilingual children’s book in Spanish and English follows the adventures of a tiny owl who longs to read on his own.
Three small companies run by Hispanic moms are capitalizing on a growing market for Spanish books in the United States.
In a ranking that aims to reveal which countries are the grumpiest and happiest travelers, Spaniards emerged as the grumpiest.
PIOPIO, in Spanish, is the tweeting sound a bird makes. It’s also the name of Paloma Urquijo Zobel’s fashion line using indigenous Filipino fabrics, which is being previewed in a pop-up at the Designers’ Holiday Bazaar at Greenbelt 5’s The Gallery, until Dec. 15.
Why are people promoting adlai in this country?
THERE are many Filipino terms derived from Spanish, with the “f” often becoming “p” in Filipino. As children in our Spanish-speaking household we used fosforo to indicate a matchstick, and posporo when talking in Tagalog.
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