10 Spanish Expressions You’ll Hear Everywhere (With Audio)

Hola 👋🏻

Feliz Año Nuevo 2026, and welcome to the first Master Spanish Weekly of the year.

Before we start with Spanish, I want to share a brief reflection about Venezuela, where I’m from. 🇻🇪

As you probably know, Nicolás Maduro, who had ruled as president of Venezuela for more than a decade, was captured on January 3rd and is now facing charges in the U.S. Many Venezuelans around the world are reacting with hope, uncertainty, and emotion as the country faces a fragile transition and a long road ahead. 

That’s the reality of the country I left in 2015 with my wife and our six-month-old son, not because we wanted to, but because life there had become very hard: shortages, a collapsed economy, and a loss of basic freedoms. The Venezuela I knew and loved, once a prosperous, vibrant place, was gone.

I don't know what comes next for my country. The road ahead is long.

But for the first time in years, there's something I haven't felt in a long time:

Hope. 

Hope that one day Venezuela can recover its dignity, stability, and joy.

I think about that often as I help you learn a new language: we persevere through challenges because we believe in the future we’re building.

Let’s start the year with a mindset of small, meaningful steps, not pressure.

📚Lesson of the Week: 10 Everyday Expressions with Object Pronouns

Spanish isn’t Always “I do.” Sometimes it’s “It affects me.”

In English we say:

• I like

• I worry

• I care

But in Spanish, many ideas work like this:

• It pleases me = Me gusta

• It worries me = Me preocupa

• It matters to me = Me importa

So the pronoun shows who feels it:

• me = to me

• te = to you

• le = to him/her

• nos = to us

• les = to them

Here are 10 phrases you’ll actually use:

⭐ Quick Tip

You can change me to te / le / nos / les: 

• Te preocupa algo = something worries you

• Le encanta = he/she loves it

• Nos falta algo = we still need something

• Les interesa = they’re interested

Same structure. Different person. Very Spanish.

🎧 Listen & Repeat (2 minutes) 

Listen to the examples above and repeat along.

Gracias por leer, por practicar y por confiar en este proceso.

Estoy aquí para apoyarte en cada paso.

Un abrazo,

Alejandro Nuñez.

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