{"id":14971,"date":"2021-05-25T10:00:04","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T14:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=14971"},"modified":"2021-05-20T07:24:03","modified_gmt":"2021-05-20T11:24:03","slug":"colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-colours-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/colloquial-spanish-course-talking-about-colours-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"Colloquial Spanish Course \u2013 Talking about Colours in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this Spanish lesson we are going to practice talking about Colours 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_14972\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14972\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Talking-about-Colours-in-Spanish-350x254.jpg\" alt=\"Talking about Colours in Spanish\" width=\"350\" height=\"254\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-14972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Talking-about-Colours-in-Spanish-350x254.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Talking-about-Colours-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14972\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/garageband-4200899\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2468874\">garageband<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=2468874\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Talking about Colours in Spanish:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rojo: red<br \/>\nNaranja: orange<br \/>\nAmarillo: yellow<br \/>\nVerde: green<br \/>\nAzul: blue<br \/>\nMorado: purple<br \/>\nLila: lilac<br \/>\nVioleta: violet<br \/>\nRosa: pink<br \/>\nNegro: black<br \/>\nBlanco: white<br \/>\nGris: grey<br \/>\nMarr\u00f3n: brown<br \/>\nBeis: beige<br \/>\nClaro: light<br \/>\nAzul claro: light blue<br \/>\nOscuro: dark<br \/>\nVerde oscuro: dark green<br \/>\nColores vivos: bright colours<br \/>\nColores apagados: pale colours<br \/>\nColores pastel: pastel colours<br \/>\nDorado: golden<br \/>\nPlateado: silver<br \/>\nRojizo: reddish<br \/>\nAnaranjado: orangish<br \/>\nAmarillento: yellowish<br \/>\nVerdoso: greenish<br \/>\nAzulado: bluish<br \/>\nRos\u00e1ceo: pinkish<br \/>\nAmarronado: brownish<br \/>\nGris\u00e1ceo: greyish<br \/>\nRojo anaranjado: orangish red<br \/>\nVerde azulado: bluish green<br \/>\nNaranja amarillento: yellowy orange<br \/>\nGris azulado: bluish grey<br \/>\nMarr\u00f3n verdoso: greenish Brown<br \/>\nRojo vivo\/chill\u00f3n: bright red<br \/>\nMagenta: magenta<br \/>\nGranate: deep red<br \/>\nMalva: mauve<br \/>\nFucsia: fuchsia<br \/>\nTerracota: terracotta<br \/>\nAzul marino: navy blue<br \/>\nAzul a\u00f1il: indigo blue<br \/>\nAzul el\u00e9ctrico: electric blue<br \/>\nAzul celeste: pale blue<br \/>\nTurquesa: turquoise<br \/>\nAmarillo lim\u00f3n: lemon yellow<br \/>\nAmarillo canario: canary yellow<br \/>\nVerde oliva: olive green<br \/>\nVerdemar: sea green<br \/>\nCaqui: khaki<br \/>\nBronce: bronze<br \/>\nDe color caf\u00e9: coffee coloured<br \/>\nDe color chocolate: chocolate coloured<br \/>\nDe color crema: cream coloured<\/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_69d2bb09234a63.87935793\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69d2bb09234a63.87935793','https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Talking-about-Colours-in-Spanish.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69d2bb09234a63.87935793');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69d2bb09234a63.87935793\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69d2bb09234a63.87935793','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69d2bb09234a63.87935793');\" \/><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>James: \u00bfHas visto el pelo de Diego?<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: S\u00ed, no me lo puedo creer. \u00a1Se lo ha te\u00f1ido de verde!<br \/>\nJames: Diego es tan extravagante.<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: Me encanta su ropa. Es tan colorida. Hoy llevaba una chaqueta morada y unos pantalones amarillos.<br \/>\nJames: Ojal\u00e1 pudiera ser tan extravagante como Diego. O incluso un poco extravagante.<br \/>\nVeronica: Siempre llevas ropa negra James.<br \/>\nJames: O gris.<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: O marr\u00f3n.<br \/>\nJames: No creo que la ropa colorida me quede bien.<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: Eso es una tonter\u00eda. Si llevas algo con seguridad, te quedar\u00e1 bien.<br \/>\nJames: \u00bfPuedes imaginarme a m\u00ed con el pelo verde o pantalones amarillos?<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: Mmmmhh no.<br \/>\nJames: Sin embargo, mi casa es muy colorida. Me encanta decorar mi casa con colores llamativos.<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: Ya me he dado cuenta. Tu alfombra azul el\u00e9ctrico. Tu sof\u00e1 rojo brillante. Las paredes rosas&#8230;<br \/>\nJames: Las paredes no son rosas.<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: Son ros\u00e1ceas.<br \/>\nJames: M\u00e1s moradas que rosas. \u00a1Me encantan mis cortinas doradas!<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: \u00a1Y las puertas naranjas! \u00a1\u00a1No olvides las puertas naranjas!!<br \/>\nJames: Son rojas. Bueno, de color rojo anaranjado.<br \/>\nVer\u00f3nica: \u00a1Definitivamente eres muy extravagante en tu casa James! De eso puedes estar seguro.<br \/>\nJames: \u00bfPues sabes una cosa? Una vez fui a la casa de Diego y todo era de color caf\u00e9 o crema.<\/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=\"254\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Talking-about-Colours-in-Spanish-350x254.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Talking about Colours in Spanish\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Talking-about-Colours-in-Spanish-350x254.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Talking-about-Colours-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Learn and practice colloquial vocabulary and phrases related to talking about Colours in Spanish and then see if you can follow a short audio conversation in Spanish.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":14972,"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-14971","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\/14971","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=14971"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14974,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14971\/revisions\/14974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}