The Spanish spoken in Costa Rica is more or less the same as standard Castilian Spanish except for one big difference that confuses many people. Spanish has two forms for addressing a person: usted ...

I moved to Costa Rica with zero knowledge of the Spanish language. I like to joke that I knew two words, cerveza and gracias, but that wasn’t too far from the reality of the situation. I randomly took ...

«It’s not a vacation, for sure. It was not a tourist destination and it was challenging, very challenging.» Getting around using Uber in a different language in a country with no addresses can be ...