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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.
Ayer ya me fui.
Yesterday I already left.
Bajo el puente, un bajo canta.
Under the bridge, a bass sings.
Bebo vino bien bebido.
I drink very well-drunk wine.
Blas habla con blusa blanca.
Blas speaks with a white blouse.
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.
Clara aclara el cloro.
Clara clarifies the chlorine.
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).
Dime diez dichos.
Tell me ten sayings.
Droga trae dragones.
Drugs bring dragons.
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 chorizo de Chelo.
Chelo's sausage.
El hipopótamo Hipo está con hipo.
The hippopotamus Hipo has the hiccups.
El obispo obispó.
The bishop performed his bishoply duties.
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 sapo se sentó solo.
The toad sat alone.
El sol brilla sin cesar.
The sun shines without stopping.
El yate de Yaya yace.
Yaya's yacht lies down.
El zapatero Sapatín zapateaba los zapatos de la zapatera Zapatona.
The shoemaker Sapatín was tapping the shoes of the shoemaker Zapatona.
Francisco fríe fabada.
Francisco fries fava bean stew.
Fui a la feria a por fresas.
I went to the fair for strawberries.
Gatos grandes y gordos.
Big and fat cats.
Gira la jirafa gigante.
The giant giraffe spins.
Globos glotones, grandes.
Big, gluttonous balloons.
Hilario hila hilos.
Hilario spins threads.
Hoy hay huevos.
Today there are eggs.
Jamás jamé jamón.
I never ate ham.
Kilo de lila laca.
A kilo of lilac lacquer.
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.
Llora la lora.
The female parrot cries.
Lola la lila la lía.
Lola the lilac lady messes it up.
Mañana come Manolo.
Manolo eats tomorrow.
Memo el mimo menea la mano.
Memo the mime moves his hand.
Mi mamá me mima mucho.
My mom pampers me a lot.
Nadie nada como Nilo.
Nobody swims like Nilo.
Ñoño Yáñez come ñame en las mañanas.
Ñoño Yáñez eats yam in the mornings.
Nueve naves nuevas navegan.
Nine new ships are sailing.
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.
Papá pone pan para Pepín.
Dad puts bread for Pepín.
Pepe pela patatas para una tortilla.
Pepe peels potatoes for an omelette.
Pide perdón por piedad.
Ask for forgiveness out of pity.
Por la puerta va Pedro.
Pedro goes through the door.
¿Qué queso quiere Quico?
What cheese does Quico want?
¿Quién quiere que le quiera?
Who wants me to love them?
Quique quiere queso.
Quique wants cheese.
R con R, cigarro.
R with R, cigar.
Rápido corren los carros.
The cars run fast.
Si sanaras hoy, sanarías mañana.
If you were to get well today, you would be well tomorrow.
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.
Tomate tu taza de té, Tito.
Drink your cup of tea, Tito.
Tuve un tubo y lo retuve.
I had a tube and I kept it.
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.
Un viaje en un viejo velero.
A trip in an old sailboat.
Vaca, veinte vacas van.
Cow, twenty cows go.
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.
Zoila es una zalamera.
Zoila is a flatterer.