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A haunted house, but you’re learning Spanish. 👻Your coworkers switch to Spanish, and you know exactly what you want to s...
10/01/2026

A haunted house, but you’re learning Spanish. 👻

Your coworkers switch to Spanish, and you know exactly what you want to say, but the conversation moves on before you can say it.

Someone asks you a question. You understand every word. Your brain responds with the loading screen.

You rehearse your restaurant order perfectly, and then the waiter asks a follow-up question you weren’t expecting.

That’s why speaking practice matters. You need opportunities to respond in real time, not just recognize the right answer on a worksheet.

Spanish Star gives you personalized 1:1 lessons built around actually using your Spanish, so those everyday conversations start feeling a lot less scary. 🫶🏻

Comment STAR below for a free assessment and two trial lessons.

Here's my hot take: When speaking Spanish, pretending you understand is ruder than asking someone to repeat themselves.Y...
09/30/2026

Here's my hot take: When speaking Spanish, pretending you understand is ruder than asking someone to repeat themselves.

Yes, even when you’re doing it to be polite.

Someone asks you a question, and you smile and nod. They’re waiting for an answer. You’re hoping they’ll change the subject.

“¿Lo podrías repetir?” might interrupt the flow for a second. Pretending you’re following can derail the whole conversation.

The other person doesn’t need a convincing performance. They need to know whether you understood.

Would you call the smile and nod polite, or would you rather someone tell you they didn’t catch what you said?

So tell me, which move wins? You’re mid-convo, and the Spanish word you desperately want just vanishes. Do you stop to s...
09/29/2026

So tell me, which move wins?

You’re mid-convo, and the Spanish word you desperately want just vanishes.

Do you stop to search for that one word, or describe what you mean with the Spanish you already know?

Describing it keeps the convo going, and it’s great practice, too.

One common thing. Four names in Spanish. 🤭These are words you might hear for the same everyday things in four different ...
09/28/2026

One common thing. Four names in Spanish. 🤭

These are words you might hear for the same everyday things in four different places:

🥤 Straw - popote in México, sorbete in Perú, pitillo in Colombia, and sorbeto in Puerto Rico.

🍰 Cake - pastel in México, torta in Perú, ponqué in Colombia, and bizcocho in Puerto Rico.

🚌 Bus - camión in México, autobús in Perú, bus in Colombia, and guagua in Puerto Rico.

💰 Money - lana in México, plata in Perú and Colombia, and chavos in Puerto Rico.

🫘 Beans: frijoles in México and Colombia, frejoles in Perú, and habichuelas in Puerto Rico.

Which of these words do you use? Did any surprise you?

If you want to feel more at home in Spanish, comment “STAR” for a free assessment and two trial lessons. 👇🏻

Spanish learning goals, but make them completely reasonable. 🤭What would be on your Spanish-learning girl wishlist?
09/27/2026

Spanish learning goals, but make them completely reasonable. 🤭

What would be on your Spanish-learning girl wishlist?

Spanish deserves participation awards, especially for the days when you kept talking after forgetting a word or somehow ...
09/26/2026

Spanish deserves participation awards, especially for the days when you kept talking after forgetting a word or somehow made it through the subjuntivo without losing your mind.

Zoom in and claim your award already.

Which one did you get?

Phil won’t be taking Spanish lessons with us anymore, and I’m glad.When Phil joined Spanish Star nearly three years ago,...
09/24/2026

Phil won’t be taking Spanish lessons with us anymore, and I’m glad.

When Phil joined Spanish Star nearly three years ago, he already knew a lot of Spanish. The problem was turning everything he knew into natural convos quickly enough to respond in real time.

During his personalized 1:1 Spanish lessons with Lilia, Phil worked on understanding natural speech, finding another way to express himself when a word wouldn’t come, explaining complex ideas, and correcting himself without losing the conversation.

His lessons were built around his real interests and life. With his teacher Lilia, he analyzed movies, discussed podcasts, and talked about his travels throughout Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia.

After only six months, he noticed that he could understand full-speed Spanish, even when he overheard conversations on the street.

Phil didn’t leave that conversational Spanish in class. While traveling, he relied almost entirely on Spanish and often became the person his companions depended on to communicate.

Now he lives in Ecuador and uses Spanish every day with his girlfriend, her family, and their friends. He reached the goal he came to us with, and he’s ready to keep growing through the life he’s built there.

That’s what Spanish Star is meant to do: give adults personalized online Spanish lessons that prepare them to speak Spanish in their actual lives.

Comment STAR below to schedule your free assessment and two trial lessons. 👇🏻

Spanish convos are a lot more fun when they involve tacos, a cute guy (or girl!), or a trip to the Latino farmers market...
09/23/2026

Spanish convos are a lot more fun when they involve tacos, a cute guy (or girl!), or a trip to the Latino farmers market.

If this is the kind of peer pressure you hate (aka fully support), then send this to the friend who’d go with you. 🙌🏻

Your weekly Spanish lesson isn’t the problem. What happens the other six days of the week is.Online Spanish lessons give...
09/22/2026

Your weekly Spanish lesson isn’t the problem. What happens the other six days of the week is.

Online Spanish lessons give you direction, personalized feedback, and dedicated time to speak Spanish. But building conversational Spanish also means finding small ways to use it during the life you’re already living.

👉🏻Name what you’re doing in Spanish while you make coffee or drive to work.
👉🏻Listen to a Spanish podcast for 10 minutes.

👉🏻Translate your grocery list. Send a voice note to a Spanish-speaking friend.
👉🏻Order lunch in Spanish and ask, “¿Qué me recomienda?”

👉🏻Visit a farmers market or neighborhood bodega.
👉🏻End the week with a movie or series in Spanish and write down three new words or phrases.

That’s how Spanish stays with you between lessons without becoming another big task on your calendar.

Spanish Star combines personalized 1:1 Spanish lessons with real-life ways to keep your Spanish moving throughout the week.

Comment STAR below to schedule your free assessment and two trial lessons. 👇🏻

“No dar papaya” might be the most useful Colombian Spanish expression I learned before going to Medellín. I’d heard it o...
09/21/2026

“No dar papaya” might be the most useful Colombian Spanish expression I learned before going to Medellín.

I’d heard it on socials while planning my trip, but hearing it from our Uber driver as an actual warning was a whole different experience.

He was taking us downtown and told us to stay in the historic center where the police were patrolling because otherwise we could get robbed.

And suddenly no dar papaya wasn’t just a fun Colombian expression I’d learned online. It was advice I was absolutely going to follow.

Especially as the super gringa I am. 🤭

The best part? My Peruvian friend had never heard the expression, so for once I got to explain the Colombian Spanish to him.

By the end of the trip, after hearing “no dé papaya” several more times himself, he told me he was never going to forget it.

That’s what I love about using Spanish in real life. The words and expressions you learn become part of actual experiences and stories you remember.

And that’s the kind of real-life Spanish we work on in Spanish Star through personalized 1:1 lessons that help you understand what people actually say and keep the convo going.

Comment STAR below, and I’ll send you the link. 👇🏻

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