I came across a word I didn’t know today. Nothing surprising in that, I do it all the time. In Spanish it is more of an event when I come across a word I do know. But this is a word I should know and that should be part of the lexicon of anyone who is regularly online in Tenerife and interested in improving their Spanish speaking skills.  Surprisingly I have never seen it before (in this context) and neither has my 40,000 entry Español-Inglés dictionary.

The word is bitácoras and it means blogs. If you are living in Tenerife and trying to pick up a bit of Spanish, scanning Spanish blogs is a great way to do that. Just as in English you will find a blog for every interest so too there are countless Canarian blogs covering every conceivable subject from birdwatching to bizarre events on the islands to lifestyle and trends.  Finding one in a niche that interests you is a good way to build up vocabulary and contacts in that subject.

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5 Responses to “Speaking Spanish – Bitácoras”

  1. patpat says:

    I dont know if this the same kind of thing..But I am an avid beader. I used to look on the internet for beading sites then I came across a couple of Spanish sites and I was away. I wondered if spanish beading was the same as ours. No it is definitely not..
    Here are 2 of them
    http://www.abalorios.es/index.php
    http://www.anillosdeabalorios.com/
    The tutorials are in spanish of course and very helpful in my quest for learning Spanish.

  2. Julie says:

    That’s exactly what I mean. :)

  3. Versi says:

    Thanks for the link, glad you liked cadena 100!

  4. I found your blog on google and read a few of your other posts. I just added you to my Google News Reader. Keep up the good work. Look forward to reading more from you in the future.

  5. Pareja says:

    Hola de parte de parejaspareja.es, encontre tu blog navegando por la red buscando abalorios en google. Me parece super interesante la información que tienes en tu blog y sin lugar a dudas regresare a leerlo. Tengo una pregunta, si podria traducir tu blog “Tenerife Tattle » Speaking Spanish – Bitácoras” y añadirlos a un de mis blogs en italiano? Y por supuesto con el link direccionando a tu blog. Estare esperando tu respuesta. parejaspareja.es

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