{"id":14961,"date":"2021-05-10T05:37:46","date_gmt":"2021-05-10T09:37:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=14961"},"modified":"2021-05-10T05:37:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T09:37:46","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-weddings-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-weddings-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Talking about Weddings in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice talking about Weddings 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_14962\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14962\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/talking-about-weddings-in-spanish-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"talking about weddings in spanish\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14962\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/talking-about-weddings-in-spanish-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/talking-about-weddings-in-spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14962\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/stocksnap-894430\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2595862\">StockSnap<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2595862\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking about Weddings in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>anillo de boda wedding ring<br \/>\nanillo de compromiso engagement ring<br \/>\naniversario de boda wedding anniversary<br \/>\ncasado\/a married<br \/>\ncasarse (con alguien) to get married (to someone)<br \/>\ncasarse por lo civil to have a registry-office wedding<br \/>\ncasarse por la iglesia to have a church wedding<br \/>\ndama de honor maid of honour, bridesmaid<br \/>\ndespedida de soltera hen party<br \/>\ndespedida de soltero stag party<br \/>\ndivorciado\/a divorced<br \/>\ndivorciarse to get divorced<br \/>\nconfeti confetti<br \/>\nmarido husband<br \/>\nel novio the bridegroom<br \/>\niglesia church<br \/>\ninvitaci\u00f3n invitation<br \/>\ninvitado\/a guest<br \/>\njuzgado registry office<br \/>\nesposa wife<br \/>\nla novia bride<br \/>\nlista de boda wedding list<br \/>\nlos novios the bride and groom<br \/>\nluna de miel honeymoon<br \/>\nnoche de bodas wedding night<br \/>\npareja de reci\u00e9n casados honeymoon couple<br \/>\nprometerse to get engaged<br \/>\nproponerle matrimonio a alguien to propose to someone<br \/>\nrecepci\u00f3n reception<br \/>\nregalo de boda wedding present<br \/>\nsoltero\/a single<br \/>\ntarta de boda wedding cake<br \/>\ntestigo witness<br \/>\nun novio a boyfriend<br \/>\nuna novia a girlfriend<br \/>\nvestido de novia wedding dress<\/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_69d1e1318a7408.64533560\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d1e1318a7408.64533560','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/talking-about-weddings-in-spanish-1.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d1e1318a7408.64533560');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d1e1318a7408.64533560\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d1e1318a7408.64533560','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d1e1318a7408.64533560');\" \/><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>Dave: Hola Irene. \u00bfC\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?<br \/>\nIrene: Estoy bien. Esta noche tengo una despedida de soltera.<br \/>\nDave: \u00bfQui\u00e9n es la novia?<br \/>\nIrene: Ana.<br \/>\nDave: \u00a1Vaya! No sab\u00eda que Ana y Pablo se iban a casar.<br \/>\nIrene: No se casa con Pablo. El novio es Enrique.<br \/>\nDave: \u00bfEnrique? \u00bfQui\u00e9n es ese?<br \/>\nIrene: Enrique Silva. Si sales esta noche probablemente lo ver\u00e1s. Esta noche es su despedida de soltero. Seguro que estar\u00e1 en todos los bares del pueblo.<br \/>\nDave: \u00bfD\u00f3nde es la boda?<br \/>\nIrene: En la Iglesia de San Manuel y San Benito el domingo.<br \/>\nDave: No soy fan de las bodas, la verdad. Desde que me divorci\u00e9 de Mar\u00eda.<br \/>\nIrene: \u00bfSigues soltero, Dave?<br \/>\nDave: Tengo novia. Pero no nos casaremos.<br \/>\nIrene: \u00a1A m\u00ed, me encantan las bodas! He visto el vestido de novia de Ana, \u00a1es tan bonito! \u00a1Y su anillo de compromiso! \u00a1Guau! \u00a1Los diamantes m\u00e1s grandes que he visto en mi vida!<br \/>\nDave: Buena suerte para ellos.<br \/>\nIrene: Van a las Maldivas en su luna de miel. \u00a1Qu\u00e9 envidia!<br \/>\nDave: Tengo envidia de eso, s\u00ed. La luna de miel es lo mejor de casarse.<br \/>\nIrene: Ay, no seas tan gru\u00f1\u00f3n, Dave.<br \/>\nDave: \u00a1La despedida de soltero tambi\u00e9n es genial! Pero ah\u00ed es donde termina la diversi\u00f3n.<\/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\/2021\/05\/talking-about-weddings-in-spanish-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"talking about weddings in spanish\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/talking-about-weddings-in-spanish-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/talking-about-weddings-in-spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial vocabulary and phrases related to talking about Weddings in Spanish and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":14962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[537012,8,61202,11,138,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14961","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-idioms","category-language","category-learning-2","category-pronunciation","category-slang","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14961","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=14961"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14961\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14964,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14961\/revisions\/14964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}