advanced learner’s toolbox: spanish
a lot of the resource lists that are out there are generally geared towards beginners, which makes sense. more advanced learners + native speakers have already used these resources and can vouch for them, whereas if you’re an advanced learner you’ve probably already stumbled upon some of these already. that said, i figured i would compile my favorites here :)
diccionario de la lengua española, also known as the rae dictionary. it’s probably the most referenced dictionary in spanish
diccionario panhispánico de dudas, another resource from la rae, meant to handle specific common doubts within the language
corpus de referencia del español actual (crea), a linguistic corpus. i personally like using this to find examples of words and phrases. it contains examples from the last 25 years so you can have up to date examples
corpus diacrónico del español (corde), another linguistic corpus, but for examples from the beginning of the language up until 1974. both of these corpuses are a little clunky, but they do the job well
bonus: if you’re looking for a corpus from a specific country, look up the website for the academia (nationality) de la lengua and you’ll usually find a corpus from that specific country. examples: corpus del habla del ecuador, corpus diacrónico y diatópico del español de américa, you can even see a corpus from learners of the language: corpus de aprendices de español
wordreference, a forum for language use. whenever i have a specific question, i look up the phrase in question + ‘wordreference’ and i’m able to get opinions from different countries and not just the rae opinion
asihablamos, which is basically urban dictionary but in spanish, but unfortunately not as large. still, a helpful resource for learning slang from different countries. you can even sort by country!
fundeu, a site that does some more niche grammar and usage explanations. its whole bit is that it does more current usage questions, like this one on gaslighting
español avanzado, a site like the fundeu that explains random advanced grammar topics. i rank it below fundeu though because of the paywall.
biblioteca digital ciudad seva, aka my professors’ favorite site in undergrad. full of short stories and poetry in spanish, both originally written in spanish and translated.
católogo de voces hispánicas, these are just linguistic descriptions of different dialects of spanish both in spain and latin america. i’ve always found it pretty cool to look at, but if you’re looking to imitate a certain way of speaking check here!
and that’s it! if you’re already at this stage i’m assuming you know how to find interesting content (if not, let me know! i love finding media recommendations in spanish for people) <3
areudirty
gummygunk
snowghoul
dailybridgerton
jacobvanloon
kianamaiart
2087
jbbartram-illu
discoholicmusic
romaincrisis
