With over 400 million native speakers in 79 countries, Spanish is one of the most widely spoken languages in the world, both as a first and second language. If you learn Spanish you will be in good company whether you are in Spain, the USA or Latin America. Spanish is a Latin language and shares many of its words, roots and sentence structures with other Romance languages, such as Portuguese, French and Italian. There are also similarities between English words, such as those ending in ‘tion’ in English; these end in ‘ción’ in Spanish, for example, station = la estación. Spanish has masculine and feminine words and the verbs change depending on the person/people or item(s) being referred to.

If you wish to learn Spanish there are a number of ways to do so. One of the best ways is to attend classes at a language school, which can be found in towns and cities across Spain. In the areas where ImmoVario has houses and apartments for sale, there are plenty of schools which you can attend, with courses designed especially for non-native Spanish speakers. From night classes, intensive courses and one to one learning, if you learn the language in Spain, you’ll soon pick up the basics so you can enjoy life like a local in restaurants and cafés!

Whether you are on holiday or living in Spain you will want to keep up to date with events happening around the world. If you are learning Spanish there are two principal newspapers which are published on a daily basis with the latest headlines, breaking news and comment. These are El País and El Mundo. These two newspapers also have websites in Spanish which are updated by the minute. The websites are Elpais.com and Elmundo.es.

If you wish to read the news in English you can also find it at the El País English website which is elpais.com/elpais/inenglish There are a number of English only newspapers and websites, including Euro Weekly News which is a free weekly newspaper (the corresponding website is Euroweeklynews.com) and also The Local (Thelocal.es).

At ImmoVario we speak your language! With happy customers from all over the world, we aim to facilitate communication with you in your own language and as such, the Immovario website is available in 12 languages. We also collaborate with agents who speak your language, so if you are looking to buy a home in Spain, have a further look on the website ImmoVario.com.