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Easy tongue twisters for starting out
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Start here if you're new to Spanish pronunciation. These short, simple twisters focus on basic sound combinations.
Ana tiene una banana.
Ana has a banana.
Bebo vino bien bebido.
I drink very well-drunk wine.
Bota la pelota, Pepe.
Bounce the ball, Pepe.
Camarón, caramelo, camarón.
Shrimp, caramel, shrimp.
Chema come chochos anchos.
Chema eats wide lupini beans.
Chicos y chicas charlan.
Boys and girls chat.
Coco canta con su primo.
Coco sings with his cousin.
Cómelo, Cosme, con calma.
Eat it, Cosme, calmly.
Con un cuchillo de acero.
With a steel knife.
Cuesta subir la cuesta.
It's hard to climb the hill.
De dos, dicen dados.
They say 'dice' for two.
Dedo, dado, dudo, deda, dido.
Finger, die (dice), I doubt, deda (nonsense word), dido (nonsense word).
El ajo picó a la col, la col picó al ajo.
The garlic bit the cabbage, the cabbage bit the garlic.
El bebé bebe bebidas con burbujas.
The baby drinks drinks with bubbles.
El hipopótamo Hipo está con hipo.
The hippopotamus Hipo has the hiccups.
El oso mimoso me ama.
The cuddly bear loves me.
El que poco coco come, poco coco compra.
He who eats little coconut, buys little coconut.
El sol brilla sin cesar.
The sun shines without stopping.
El zapatero Sapatín zapateaba los zapatos de la zapatera Zapatona.
The shoemaker Sapatín was tapping the shoes of the shoemaker Zapatona.
Fui a la feria a por fresas.
I went to the fair for strawberries.
Gira la jirafa gigante.
The giant giraffe spins.
Jamás jamé jamón.
I never ate ham.
Kiosco, kiosquero, quédate quieto.
Kiosk, kiosk keeper, stay still.
La rata roe la ropa.
The rat gnaws the clothes.
La sal del salero sale sola.
The salt from the salt shaker comes out by itself.
Lado, ledo, lido, lodo, ludo.
Side, happy, I read, mud, I play.
Lirios lilas le gustan a Lilia.
Lilia likes lilac lilies.
Mi mamá me mima mucho.
My mom pampers me a lot.
Ñoño Yáñez come ñame en las mañanas.
Ñoño Yáñez eats yam in the mornings.
Pablito piso el piso, pisando el piso Pablito.
Pablito stepped on the floor, stepping on the floor, Pablito.
Paco Peco, chico rico.
Paco Peco, a rich boy.
Pancha plancha con cuatro planchas.
Pancha irons with four irons.
Pepe pela patatas para una tortilla.
Pepe peels potatoes for an omelette.
Por la puerta va Pedro.
Pedro goes through the door.
Quique quiere queso.
Quique wants cheese.
Siete serpientes serenas.
Seven serene snakes.
Susi suma sin saber sumar.
Susi adds without knowing how to add.
Tengo un tío cajonero.
I have an uncle who is a box/drawer maker.
Tito, toma tu té.
Tito, drink your tea.
Un limón, medio limón.
One lemon, half a lemon.
Un nido de perdigones, tiene cinco perdigoncitos.
A nest of partridges has five little partridges.
Un tren tras otro tren.
One train after another train.
Un tubo tiró un tubo.
A tube threw a tube.
Veo venir veinte vientos.
I see twenty winds coming.
Wendy y Walter viajan.
Wendy and Walter travel.
Yo no compro coco.
I don't buy coconut.