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¡Adivina adivinanza! 10 amusing Spanish Riddles Posted by Anais on May 20, 2019
Apart from exercising your brain and foster your critical thinking, riddles can help you learn new vocabulary and retain it longer in your mind. They also make you think in Spanish, which is key in the language acquisition process. In my previous post, you learned very common sayings to impart wisdom everywhere. Now, I bring…
Quiz – ¿Cuántas personas hay? – Respuesta Posted by Adir on Apr 12, 2011
La explicación es la del joven adinerado y mujeriego que “perdía” una muchacha humilde y no volvía a preocuparse por lo que hubiera podido acaecer al fruto de sus amores. Muchos años más tarde conocía a una joven, con la que se casaba, sin saber que era su propia hija, y con la que tenía…
Quiz – ¿Cuántas personas hay? Posted by Adir on Apr 11, 2011
Lo siguiente estaba escrito en un epitafio de una tumba del cementerio de Alencourt, en las cercanías de París. ¿Sabrías decir cuántas personas están enterradas allí? Aquí yace el hijo; aquí yace la madre; aquí yace la hija; aquí yace el padre; aquí yace la hermana; aquí yace el hermano; aquí yacen la esposa y…
¡Adivina adivinanza, otra vez! Posted by Magda on Mar 3, 2011
Both children and grown ups usually enjoy riddles when they are learning a language. I love them myself, as I told you once. It is also a good way of getting a brain workout, and this way we kill two birds with one stone. So in today’s post I’ll give you a few, not too…
Adivina, adivinanza (Spanish riddles) Posted by Magda on Aug 12, 2010
We are going to have some brain-teasers today. These riddles are ingenuity games, where we have to answer some questions or guess some words from the given definitions. Puns and tricky sentences are commonly used in them. Riddles both entertain and stimulate the intellect, being a good tool to help children’s learning. Here in Spain…