La tecnología y las redes sociales (Technology and Social Media)

Technology is everywhere in modern life, and being able to describe it in Spanish opens up a huge range of conversations. Start with the core vocabulary. A social network is una red social, and the platforms themselves are las plataformas. When you sign up you create un usuario (a user account) protected by una contraseña (a password). To post something is publicar, to download is descargar, and to browse or surf is navegar. You read everything on la pantalla (the screen) of un dispositivo (a device), and you can etiquetar (to tag) a friend in a photo. An application is una aplicación, often shortened to una app. For example: "Publico fotos en mi red social favorita todos los días" (I post photos on my favorite social network every day).

The grammar focus here is the simple future tense (e