Tag Archives: humor
Stand up comedy in Spanish Posted by Adir on Jul 21, 2011
Hey, what’s up? One of the coolest things about being able to speak another language is to understand humor in it. As I’m Brazilian, American comedians’ jokes started to become funny after I started learning about American culture and was able to understand the cultural aspect of each joke or comment. And the same happens…
¡Se me traba la lengua! Posted by Magda on May 13, 2011
After a hard week, can you think about a good plan for the weekend? I have one to share: to practise our pronunciation while we enjoy ourselves. And to do it, there is nothing better than to recite loudly a tongue twister. By creating these puns we invent funny sayings and expressions, depending on their complexity, and…
Humor in Spanish Posted by Adir on May 5, 2011
Hello, there! Let’s lighten things up a little bit with three little funny stories, en español, por supuesto. Huevo podrido A Oscar Wilde una joven poetisa le hace llegar un ejemplar de su nuevo libro para que le dé su opinión. Este, a los pocos días, se lo devuelve acompañado de una crítica un tanto…
Humor for girls: Ser flaca Posted by Adir on Apr 5, 2011
I found this very cool text from Argentinean writer Maitena, who writes the Mujeres Alteradas series. She talks about how a lot of women are worried about their ideal weight and how good it would be to be thin, from a very funny point of view. So check it out! ¿Hay algo mejor que ser…
Humor in Spanish: El Consultor Posted by Adir on Mar 28, 2011
Let’s practice our reading and vocabulary skills with this funny story about a consultant. Un joven bien vestido (well-dressed), con un coche flamante (brand new car) lleno de aparatos (devices) electrónicos, se acerca a un pastor (shepherd) de ovejas y le dice: – Si yo adivino cuántas ovejas tiene, ¿usted me regala una? El pastor…
Humor en español Posted by Adir on Mar 4, 2011
Hello, there! How have you been? Let’s laugh a little and also learn some Spanish with these really cool (and clean!) jokes in Spanish. 1. Bravucón (braggart) El viejecito, pequeñajo y debilucho, gritaba por teléfono: (The old, small and weak old man was shouting on the telephone) -¡Nunca me pillarán vivo! (You’ll never take me…
Las Leyes de Murphy (con humor) Posted by Adir on Mar 1, 2011
Vamos a reírnos (let’s laugh) un poco con esta interpretación bien divertida de las Leyes (laws) de Murphy. Murphy se hizo (became) famoso al reformular la ley de la probabilidad diciendo: “Todo pan con mantequilla (bread with butter) cae al suelo (falls on the floor) siempre con la mantequilla hacia abajo (butter-side down)”. Aquí tienes…