{"id":14687,"date":"2020-12-30T06:11:31","date_gmt":"2020-12-30T11:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=14687"},"modified":"2021-01-08T04:33:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-08T09:33:09","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-cars-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-cars-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Talking about cars in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice talking about cars in Spanish. First we will learn some relevant 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_14689\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14689\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/talking-about-cars-in-spanish-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/talking-about-cars-in-spanish-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/talking-about-cars-in-spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14689\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image courtesy of Pixabay.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking about cars in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>El asiento delantero: front seat<br \/>\nEl asiento del conductor: driver\u2019s seat<br \/>\nEl asiento del pasajero: passenger seat<br \/>\nEl asiento trasero: back seat<br \/>\nEl tablero del auto: dashboard<br \/>\nEl radiador: radiator<br \/>\nEl ventilador: fan<br \/>\nEl parachoques: bumper, fender<br \/>\nLa bater\u00eda\/El acumulador: battery<br \/>\nEl neum\u00e1tico\/La cubierta: tire<br \/>\nEl espejo lateral: wing mirror, side mirror<br \/>\nEl espejo retrovisor: rear-view mirror<br \/>\nLas luces de posici\u00f3n: side lights<br \/>\nLa luces traseras: rear lights<br \/>\nEl arranque: ignition<br \/>\nEl coche\/autom\u00f3vil\/carro: car<br \/>\nEl motor: motor, engine<br \/>\nLos faros\/Las luces: headlights<br \/>\nEl tubo de escape: exhaust pipe<br \/>\nEl asiento: seat<br \/>\nEl acelerador: accelerator pedal, gas pedal<br \/>\nEl embrague: clutch<br \/>\nEl freno: brake<br \/>\nEl combustible\/La gasolina: petrol, gasoline<br \/>\nEl diesel\/gasoil: diesel<br \/>\nLa palanca de cambios: gear stick, gear lever<br \/>\nLa marcha atr\u00e1s: reverse<br \/>\nEl freno de mano: handbrake<br \/>\nEl cap\u00f3: bonnet, hood<br \/>\nEl ba\u00fal\/maletero: boot, trunk<br \/>\nLa bocina\/El claxon: horn<br \/>\nEl cintur\u00f3n de seguridad: seat belt<br \/>\nEl volante: steering wheel<br \/>\nLas ruedas: wheels<br \/>\nLa manilla de la puerta: door handle<br \/>\nEl parabrisas: windscreen, windshield<br \/>\nEl tanque de combustible: gas tank, petrol tank<\/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_69d7a389e49033.05298462\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d7a389e49033.05298462','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/talking-about-cars-in-spanish.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d7a389e49033.05298462');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d7a389e49033.05298462\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d7a389e49033.05298462','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d7a389e49033.05298462');\" \/><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>Camila: \u00a1No me lo puedo creer!<br \/>\nEdward: \u00bfQu\u00e9 pasa?<br \/>\nCamila: \u00a1Mi coche! \u00a1\u00a1Mi precioso coche!!<br \/>\nEdward: \u00bfTu Ferrari? \u00bfQu\u00e9 le pasa?<br \/>\nCamila: Esta hecho a\u00f1icos. \u00a1Es una chatarra!<br \/>\nEdward: \u00bfHas tenido un accidente? \u00bfEst\u00e1s bien?<br \/>\nCamila: No, no te preocupes, no he tenido un accidente. Ayer me lo robaron y lo han encontrado esta ma\u00f1ana al otro lado de Madrid. Completamente destrozado.<br \/>\nEdward: Qu\u00e9 horror. \u00bfA qui\u00e9n se le ocurre hacer algo tan absurdo?<br \/>\nCamila: Pues a ladrones de coches, supongo. Vamos, a idiotas.<br \/>\nEdward: Qu\u00e9 pena, de verdad.<br \/>\nCamila: El limpiaparabrisas est\u00e1 roto, el cap\u00f3 est\u00e1 rayado y abollado, los faros est\u00e1n rotos tambi\u00e9n, el motor est\u00e1 quemado, dos neum\u00e1ticos pinchados, una rueda quitada completamente&#8230;<br \/>\nEdward: Incre\u00edble.<br \/>\nCamila: No puedo entender por qu\u00e9 alguien puede destrozar algo as\u00ed sin ninguna raz\u00f3n.<br \/>\nEdward: Envidia, supongo.<br \/>\nCamila: Y todav\u00eda no te he contado nada sobre el interior del coche&#8230; qu\u00e9 repugnante&#8230; no puedo creer lo que le han hecho a los asientos&#8230; incluso me han robado el est\u00e9reo y los altavoces.<br \/>\nEdward: Lo siento mucho por ti Camila. S\u00e9 cu\u00e1nto te gustaba ese coche.<br \/>\nCamila: Es muy triste que alguien haya hecho algo as\u00ed. Deben haber estado conduciendo toda la noche. \u00a1El tanque de gasolina estaba completamente vac\u00edo esta ma\u00f1ana y casi hab\u00edan llegado hasta Toledo!<br \/>\nEdward: Es posible que hayan extra\u00eddo la gasolina antes de irse.<br \/>\nCamila: Eso no me sorprender\u00eda. Caraduras, gentuza, gamberros, sinverg\u00fcenzas&#8230;<br \/>\nEdward: Intenta relajarte Camila. Enfadarte tanto no te va a ayudar. <\/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\/12\/talking-about-cars-in-spanish-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\/12\/talking-about-cars-in-spanish-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/talking-about-cars-in-spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial vocabulary and phrases related to talking about cars in Spanish and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":14689,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[61202,3,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14687","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\/14687","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=14687"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14704,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14687\/revisions\/14704"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}