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Spanish Word of the Day Archive
Friday May 25, 2007
trabalenguas, noun:
tongue-twister
You probably know that lengua means tongue. The other word used to form trabalenguas is trabar, which is used to describe when someone gets tongue-tied:
Se le traba la lengua muy fácilmente
He gets tongue-tied very easily
There are many entertaining trabalenguas in Spanish. To practice your pronunciation, try saying this one as quickly and as clearly as you can:
Pablito clavó un clavito en la calva de un calvito. En la calva de un calvito, un clavito clavó Pablito.
Pablito nailed a little nail Into a little bald man’s bald patch Into a little bald man’s bald patch Pablito nailed a little nail
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