The abundance of joyful vocabulary in Spanish likely reflects both linguistic structure and cultural influences. Words like "amor" (love), "alegría" (joy), "felicidad" (happiness), "sonrisa" (smile), ...

Priscilla Blossom, a Nicaraguan- and Mexican-American, grew up speaking Spanish but felt pressured to assimilate and would sometimes only communicate in English. Now as a mom, she worries that her son ...

Helen Dorado Alessi’s mom grew up with parents who didn’t speak Spanish to her at home, even though both had moved stateside from Puerto Rico, where Spanish is the dominant language. Her mom was ...

If studying up on the Battle of Puebla for Cinco de Mayo has you in the mood to try learning Spanish, Denver caters to the local love for the Latin language with regular meetups where people practice ...

My first language was Spanish. I used to speak it fluently when I was little. For some of my childhood, I lived in a duplex house with my grandparents. Spanish was the only language my grandparents ...