I still remember my introduction to Spanish as spoken in rural Costa Rica. I had a good, but inflexible vocabulary, with one word in Spanish for most nouns and verbs. Cerdo was the word for pig, until ...

In Spanish, there’s no verb that matches the sheer versatility of the English verb “to get.” However, the word “dar” comes close, offering a wide range of meanings and expressions. “Dar” translates to ...

Montgomery County fire department employees used a taxpayer-funded tuition assistance program to take Spanish lessons in Costa Rica that included cooking and dancing classes, according to records ...