Learn Nicaraguan Spanish in Managua
Nicaraguan Spanish uses vos with almost everyone your age. People say ¡ideay! in surprise and tuani for cool, and give directions from landmarks: al lago means north.
In Solvelingua you move to Managua, find a home in Las Palmas, and learn Nicaraguan Spanish the way people there speak it: by talking with the baker, your landlord, your boss and your friends, by voice or by typing. Everyone remembers you, and gentle feedback after each conversation shows what to say next time.
What you'll hear in Managua
Answering the phone
¿Aló?
Polite and friendly “you”
usted with strangers, vos with friends
Courtesies
con permiso, con mucho gusto, a la orden, que le vaya bien and que Dios me lo bendiga
Money
Nicaraguan córdobas
Local words and slang
- dale pues
- va pues
- ¡ideay!
- fijate
- tuani
- chunche
- chavalo
- maje
- reales
- chamba
- chiche
- ¡chocho!
- ¡qué pinche!
Where you'll live
- Las Palmas: An old barrio of low houses behind iron grilles round a park of palms: pulperías, a bakery, comedores, and rocking chairs on the pavement in the evening.
You can play in English and Portuguese: menus, feedback, lessons and translations come in the language you pick.
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