“¿Cuál es el mejor estado del mundo?:Estar dos unidos.Translation. This phrase means:"What is the best state of the world?:Being together. "In this sentence, is a writer plays with the ambiguity of the Spanish language.The word "state" has different meanings in Spanish, plays on the double meaning, first, marital status, second, the state of a nation.The phrase "being two together" in Spanish "estar dos unidos," is very similar to the way in which the Spanish say USA.”

“There is a funny story I always tell my students...when I came for the first time to the US. I didn’t speak English (Only Spanish) & I saw on every door the word “exit” which in Spanish means Success = Exito. And then I said :”No wonder Americans are winners ,every door they take leads to success” ~smile :)”

“A Spanish poet, Antonio Machado, once said: ‘Dijiste media verdad. Dirán que mientes dos veces si dices la otra mitad.’”“Translated means…”“You told a half-truth. They’ll say you lie twice when you tell the other half.”

“Spanish was weird that way: two words for monkeys, and esposas meant both wives and handcuffs. That said a lot.”

“Spanish, huh?" he said, glancing down at the scattered papers as he grabbed them. "Can you say anything interesting?""El tono de tu voz hace que queria estrangularme." I stood up and waited for him to hand over my papers."That sounds sexy," he said, getting to his feet and handing me the stack of Spanish work he'd swept together. "What's it mean?""The sound of your voice makes me want to strangle myself.""Kinky.”

“Younger than Morini and Pelletier, Espinoza studied Spanish literature, not German literature, at least for the first two years of his university career, among other sad reasons because he dreamed of being a writer.”