https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Europe in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed How can you tell Spain's regional accents apart? Where do they drop the ‘s’? And is there a 'best' and 'worst' accent? This detailed guide tells you all you need to know about the accents which people have across Spain’s regions. https://www.thelocal.com/20230803/a-handy-guide-to-understanding-spains-regional-accents Thu, 03 Aug 2023 17:44:55 +0200 a-handy-guide-to-understanding-spains-regional-accents Faced with a generation of young Spanish men who believe less and less in equality, the Spanish government has launched a campaign to try and reclaim what it means to 'have balls'. https://www.thelocal.com/20250905/spains-government-looks-to-reshape-what-it-means-to-have-balls Fri, 05 Sep 2025 12:06:56 +0200 spains-government-looks-to-reshape-what-it-means-to-have-balls The Spanish word with the most derivative meanings is apparently 'cojones', slang for testicles. Here are 22 hilarious examples reflecting how versatile it is in colloquial speech in Spain. https://www.thelocal.com/20241012/why-cojones-testicles-is-the-most-versatile-word-in-spanish Sat, 12 Oct 2024 18:48:27 +0200 why-cojones-testicles-is-the-most-versatile-word-in-spanish Even people who don’t speak Spanish know that 'loco' means crazy, but there are plenty of other amusing ways to describe madness in Spain. https://www.thelocal.com/20231106/more-than-loco-the-many-ways-to-say-crazy-in-spanish Mon, 06 Nov 2023 11:31:28 +0100 more-than-loco-the-many-ways-to-say-crazy-in-spanish Have you heard a group of Spanish teenagers slipping English terms like 'bro' or 'mood' into their speech? That's because English has come to dominate teen talk in Spain in recent years. https://www.thelocal.com/20250411/bro-que-cringe-how-english-now-dominates-teen-talk-in-spain Fri, 11 Apr 2025 13:12:16 +0200 bro-que-cringe-how-english-now-dominates-teen-talk-in-spain Does your personality really change when speaking another language? Are people more comfortable expressing emotions in certain languages and can understanding the emotional shift actually help with language learning? Language professors Mari Mar Boillos Pereira and Ana Blanco Canales explore the latest research. https://www.thelocal.com/20241206/opinion-your-personality-changes-when-you-speak-another-language-but-thats-not-always-a-bad-thing Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:38:45 +0100 opinion-your-personality-changes-when-you-speak-another-language-but-thats-not-always-a-bad-thing Following several concessions from the Spanish government, Catalan separatists now want to create their own immigration agency with the power to set quotas and make it compulsory for foreign residents to have Catalan language lessons. https://www.thelocal.com/20241001/could-catalonia-force-foreigners-to-learn-catalan Tue, 01 Oct 2024 14:45:26 +0200 could-catalonia-force-foreigners-to-learn-catalan Want to know how to order a ‘cerveza’ like a local in your part of Spain? Do you know the difference between a 'caña', a 'tercio' and a 'katxi'? Here is all the Spanish vocab you need ask for a beer properly in Spain. https://www.thelocal.com/20240923/learning-spanish-how-to-order-a-beer-in-spain Mon, 23 Sep 2024 16:59:46 +0200 learning-spanish-how-to-order-a-beer-in-spain A proposal to change the official name of the city of Valencia has sparked political and linguistic debate that all centres on an inverted accent. In other words, should it be Valéncia or València? https://www.thelocal.com/20231004/why-valencia-wants-to-become-valencia Wed, 04 Oct 2023 14:03:14 +0200 why-valencia-wants-to-become-valencia