Following years of self-guided studying, collegiate courses, and a summer spent working in Barcelona, I finally started to recognize that my Spanish abilities were approaching bilingual fluency. Those experiences provided me with the skill to work as a translator for a medical mission trip to Nicaragua, where the intensive work greatly accelerated my Spanish capabilities. Six months later, on a trip to Peru with just my wife and no other bilingual assistants, I successfully led us through a complex trip in predominantly my second language - English was only used with my wife. I recognized on the way back to the States that I had finally crossed the threshold into bilingual fluency in Spanish - years of dedication had finally paid off! 

 Lived there for some years.

Not my thing, but I took Spanish for years. I forgot a lot, but I know enough to be conversational.

Ya lo hice! La verdad es que queria ir de intercambio sin saber adonde, si solo fuera un pais donde hablan el español ..asi que fui a Honduras.

y es verdad lo que dicen: "No es un año de tu vida, es tu vida en un año"

This was a must since I lived and labored as a missionary in Mexico for one and a half years.

 i'm native spanish speaker XD

 I am Puerto Rican and I am fluent in Spanish.

It took me 5 yrs to learn, i can now say im fluent! Love the culture and just learning new slang and stuff. The ool thing is that there isnalways something to learn.

Started when I was 3 years old and now I'm here

Most of my life

Ever since pre-K, I've learned Spanish 

 I have completed a Spanish course at the community college to brush up on my Spanish.  I understand the grammar and punctuation better and I feel much more confident speaking it.

Done in 2007, but lack of experience has probably undone it. Maybe I should add it a second time as not achieved.

After 7 years studying it, a summer in Madrid and an Erasmus semester in Alicante,I can finally say that I am fluent in Spanish 

Spend a year in Costa Rica!