{"id":13592,"date":"2020-07-13T07:13:38","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T11:13:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=13592"},"modified":"2020-07-13T07:13:38","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T11:13:38","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-positive-descriptions-for-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-positive-descriptions-for-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Positive descriptions for people"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to learn and practice colloquial ways of describing people in a positive way in Spanish. First we will learn some relevant grammar and vocabulary and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish. The transcript to the audio will be given at the end of the post but please try not to look at it until you have tried playing and understanding the audio a few times. <\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13593\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13593\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Colloquial-Spanish-positive-descriptions-for-people-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13593\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Colloquial-Spanish-positive-descriptions-for-people-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Colloquial-Spanish-positive-descriptions-for-people.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-13593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Colloquial Spanish positive descriptions for people:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Good looking girl: Una t\u00eda buena \/ Un bomb\u00f3n<br \/>\nGood looking guy: Un t\u00edo bueno \/ Un guaperas<br \/>\nTo be good looking: Estar macizo\/a<br \/>\nTo be good people: Ser buena gente<br \/>\nNice\/Kind\/Caring person: Majo\/a (\u00a1Que majo eres!: You are so nice!)<br \/>\nTo be funny: Ser unas risas (\u00a1Carlos es unas risas!)<br \/>\nEntertaining \/ Life of the party: Ser el alma de la fiesta<br \/>\nSer la leche: To be amazing (\u00a1Eres la leche!: You are amazing!)<br \/>\nTo be a good lover: Ser un diez en la cama<br \/>\nPopular with the girls \/ Womaniser: Mujeriego<br \/>\nTo be adorable: Ser un amor \/ Ser un cielo<br \/>\nThe best!: \u00a1Lo mas!<br \/>\nIn shape: En forma<br \/>\nGreat body: Cuerpazo<br \/>\nMuscular: Cachas \/ Fornido<br \/>\nClever: Listillo\/a<br \/>\nTo be knowledgeable: Ser un\/una lumbreras<br \/>\nHard working: Currante<br \/>\nTo be brave: Tener un par de huevos \/ Tenerlos bien puestos<br \/>\nTo be energetic: Ser un terremoto<br \/>\nLucky: Suertudo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Now play the audio to listen a conversation. Can you understand what is being said? Play the audio a few times before you look at the transcript. Don&#8217;t worry if you don&#8217;t understand every single thing the two people are saying. Try to catch whichever words you can and then try to piece things together to work out what is being said.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e5395cb23059.92444085\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e5395cb23059.92444085','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Colloquial-Spanish-positive-descriptions-for-people.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e5395cb23059.92444085');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e5395cb23059.92444085\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e5395cb23059.92444085','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e5395cb23059.92444085');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>(Play the audio a few times before you scroll down and look at the transcript)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jimmy: Hola Nuria \u00bfCu\u00e1nto tiempo? \u00bfQu\u00e9 tal el nuevo trabajo?<br \/>\nNuria: Pues muy contenta la verdad. Gracias por preguntar.<br \/>\nJimmy: \u00bfC\u00f3mo son tus nuevos compa\u00f1eros?<br \/>\nNuria: Son muy majos. Francisco es un currante. No para de trabajar ni para ir al ba\u00f1o, es una pasada. Carlos es un mujeriego, se pasa el d\u00eda hablando de sus ligues, es unas risas. Es un poco machista, la verdad, pero es muy buena gente. Es el alma de la fiesta. Nos partimos de risa con sus historias de amores.<br \/>\nJimmy: Teresa est\u00e1 en tu oficina, \u00bfno?<br \/>\nNuria: \u00bfTeresa Gonz\u00e1lez?<br \/>\nJimmy: S\u00ed, es mi vecina. Me ha dicho que trabaja contigo.<br \/>\nNuria: S\u00ed, s\u00ed, es muy maja. Y una listilla. Siempre le pregunto cuando no s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo hacer algo. Es una lumbreras.<br \/>\nJimmy: S\u00ed, es verdad. Es una chica muy lista. Y Marcos Garc\u00eda trabaja contigo tambi\u00e9n \u00bfverdad? Es mi amigo.<br \/>\nNuria: Oh s\u00ed. El cachas.<br \/>\nJimmy: S\u00ed, es verdad. Se pasa el d\u00eda en el gimnasio.<br \/>\nNuria: Se nota. Tiene un cuerpazo impresionante. Y es un guaperas.<br \/>\nJimmy: S\u00ed, es un suertudo. Lo tiene todo.<br \/>\nNuria: A ver Jimmy. T\u00fa no est\u00e1s tan cachas como Marcos pero eres un cielo.<br \/>\nJimmy: Gracias Nuria.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the listening? Please let me know in the comments section below&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t worry if you didn&#8217;t understand that much, keep reviewing the vocabulary and phrases and you will soon be up to speed and ready for the next lesson in this course. See you next time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"233\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Colloquial-Spanish-positive-descriptions-for-people-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Colloquial-Spanish-positive-descriptions-for-people-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/07\/Colloquial-Spanish-positive-descriptions-for-people.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial ways of describing people positively in Spanish and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":13593,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,3,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13592","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-2","category-culture","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13592","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13592"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13595,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13592\/revisions\/13595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13593"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}