Classic
Traditional, well-known tongue twisters
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Bebo vino bien bebido.
I drink very well-drunk wine.
Bota la pelota, Pepe.
Bounce the ball, Pepe.
Busco el vasco bizco.
I'm looking for the cross-eyed Basque.
Cae la clave del clavo.
The key of the nail falls.
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.
Coro canta, corre, coro.
A choir sings, runs, a choir.
Cuesta subir la cuesta.
It's hard to climb the hill.
De dos, dicen dados.
They say 'dice' for two.
El ajo picó a la col, la col picó al ajo.
The garlic bit the cabbage, the cabbage bit the garlic.
El que poco coco come, poco coco compra.
He who eats little coconut, buys little coconut.
El vino vino, pero el vino no vino vino.
The wine came, but the wine did not come as wine.
El zapatero Sapatín zapateaba los zapatos de la zapatera Zapatona.
The shoemaker Sapatín was tapping the shoes of the shoemaker Zapatona.
Había un perro debajo de un carro.
There was a dog under a car.
Jamás jamé jamón.
I never ate ham.
Juan junta juncos junto a la zanja.
Juan gathers reeds next to the ditch.
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.
Pablito clavó un clavito en la calva de un calvito.
Little Pablo hammered a little nail into the bald head of a little bald man.
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.
Rosa Rizo reza en ruso.
Rosa Rizo prays in Russian.
Si la sierva no te sirve, no sirve como sierva.
If the maid isn't of service to you, she is of no use as a maid.
Siete serpientes serenas.
Seven serene snakes.
Tengo un tío cajonero.
I have an uncle who is a box/drawer maker.
Tito, toma tu té.
Tito, drink your tea.
Un burro comía berros.
A donkey was eating watercress.
Un ratón reptó risueño.
A smiling mouse crept.
Un tren tras otro tren.
One train after another train.
Un tubo tiró un tubo.
A tube threw a tube.
Zorro, zorro, pide socorro.
Fox, fox, asks for help.