Learning verbs, is of course, an essential part of learning to speak Spanish. Verb drills can be tedious and boring and many common verb uses aren't taught in formal language courses. These are the verb uses that will add an authentic, polished edge to your spoken Spanish.

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In this weeks newsletter we are going to list a couple of Spanish colloquial expressions used at work (Spain). These expressions usually don't appear in the dictionaries but sometimes they are quite useful!

Ser un trepa - A social climber. This expression can have a degrading meaning and all "trepas" are generally not well liked! Isabel es una auténtica trepa. Acuérdate que empezó haciendo las fotocopias y mira a qué ha llegado. ¡Con un despacho propio!

Quedarle a uno dos telediarios - The "telediario" is the name of the Spanish Radio TV news. This expression means that somebody doesn't have a long time to do an activity. It is used to express a contract or the holiday time end. Es una pena, pero por muy bueno que sea en el trabajo, a Pedro le quedan dos telediarios en esta empresa. El próximo mes van a hacer recorte de personal.

¡Qué poca sangre! - Colloquial and familiar expression which someone regrets that another one has no energy to do a task. The blood represents here the vitality impulse, the energy and the shrewdness. No te creas que pienso contratar a Francisca. Es una chica con más poca sangre, que los clientes acabarían por marcharse sin comprar nada.

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