Spanish Language Blog

Hey, there!

Escuchando de Película is this really cool radio show on Multipolar FM and they even have a Youtube channel where you can listen to every week’s shows. The show is broadcast in more than 15 countries all over the world and it’s a very good way to improve your listening skills.

The host is from Argentina and you can get a taste of his accent. Check out a video of how it works and another one talking about the movie The Hobbit.

These videos are specially good when you’re a movie buff and want to learn more about movies and improve your Spanish at the same time!

Espero que les gusten.

Hola, ¿cómo les va todo?

One of the funniest movies I’ve seen recently is The Hangover, which in Latin America is called Qué Pasó Ayer (What happened yesterday) and in Spain Resacón en Las Vegas (Hangover in Las Vegas). It’s about four friends who go to Vegas to celebrate a bachelor party for Doug (played by Zach Galifianakis). They make a toast on the hotel roof, then the next thing they know, the next morning, is that the groom is missing, there’s a tiger in their room and a baby too.

Now, if you want to know the rest of the story, rent the movie! I was looking at Amazon.com and the DVD brings both subtitles and audio in Spanish, so that’s a great opportunity to practice your listening skills and colloquial Spanish. Remember, it’s not a movie for kids!

A tip for watching movies in Spanish: if you’re watching it in Spanish with the subtitles in Spanish too, take some time and jot down some expressions you find useful, or that are not familiar to you. Review them afterwards, google them, see more examples and eventually make your own sentences using them.

Here’s the trailer of the movie in Spanish (Mexican and Spain).

Mexican

Spanish

Espero que les guste el tip. Nos vemos prontito.

Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight series is a hit worldwide and a new movie has just come out, Eclipse. Below you have a video with the trailer in Spanish and a short summary of the story (no spoilers, I promise!). Aprovéchenlo.

Raras muertes suceden en Seattle, una ciudad cerca de Forks, y los Cullen creen que fueron causadas por un ejército de vampiros “recién creados”. Edward está más alerta que nunca con relación a la seguridad de Bella. Mientras los Cullen ven este problema como una excusa para recibir una visita de los Volturi, Bella se preocupa más por elegir entre la amistad con Jacob (permaneciendo humana, pero entregada al castigo de los Volturi por ser la única humana que sabe de la existencia de los vampiros) y el amor que siente por Edward (siendo transformada en vampira). Ella sabe que si fuera transformada provocaría una batalla entre los hombres-lobo y los vampiros, ya que los Cullen se habían comprometido con ellos a no morder ningún ser humano, poniendo a su nueva familia y los viejos amigos en peligro. Bella sospecha que Victoria es la creadora de los nuevos vampiros y termina por descubrir que estaba en lo correcto. Empieza una batalla para proteger a la adolescente. Los hombres-lobo se unen a los Cullen …

Vocabulario

raro – strange
muerte – death
suceder – to happen
ejército – army
alerta – alert
seguridad – safety
mientras – while
excusa – excuse
elegir – to choose
amistad – friendship
castigo – punishment
batalla – battle
hombre-lobo – werewolf
peligro – danger
sospechar – to suspect
terminar por descubrir – end up finding out

Nos vemos prontito.