{"id":15192,"date":"2021-09-28T10:00:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T14:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=15192"},"modified":"2021-09-07T08:13:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T12:13:26","slug":"english-spanish-parallel-texts-physical-descriptions-in-spanish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/english-spanish-parallel-texts-physical-descriptions-in-spanish\/","title":{"rendered":"English Spanish Parallel Texts &#8211; Physical descriptions in Spanish"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson of our English Spanish Parallel Texts course and we are going to practice physical descriptions in Spanish. Start by reading the text in Spanish below. The English translation is provided later but please try not to look at it until you have read the Spanish version various times and tried your best to understand it.<\/p>\n<p>There may be some words and phrases in the text that you are unfamiliar with, but you should be aiming to capture the main essence of what is happening. There will always be words and phrases popping up in real-life situations that you have never heard before, so it is important never to get too distracted by details.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to investigate some of the words you don\u2019t know with a dictionary that would be great, please do, but do this after trying your best to understand with what you already have in your head.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out this video lesson with information relevant to this topic:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/spanish-lesson-beginner-11-physical-descriptions\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Physical descriptions in Spanish<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_15193\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter post-item__attachment\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-15193\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Physical-descriptions-in-Spanish-350x233.jpg\" alt=\"Physical descriptions in Spanish\" width=\"350\" height=\"233\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-15193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Physical-descriptions-in-Spanish-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Physical-descriptions-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-15193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Image by <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/users\/stevepb-282134\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=700069\">Steve Buissinne<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/pixabay.com\/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=700069\">Pixabay<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Spanish Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joaqu\u00edn: Hola Pilar, \u00bfc\u00f3mo est\u00e1s?<br \/>\nPilar: Ocupada como ves.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: S\u00ed, \u00bfcu\u00e1ntos ni\u00f1os tienes ahora?<br \/>\nPilar: Tengo cinco. Esta preciosidad es el m\u00e1s peque\u00f1o.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: \u00bfC\u00f3mo se llama tu beb\u00e9?<br \/>\nPilar: Se llama Manolito.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: Un nombre tradicional, me gusta. Y le pega.<br \/>\nPilar: Manolito es el nombre de su abuelo. Bueno, Manuel.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: Mi abuelo se llama Joaqu\u00edn como yo.<br \/>\nPilar: El abuelo Manuel est\u00e1 muy contento.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: Manolito es muy mono \u00bfeh? Con su boca y nariz son tan peque\u00f1as y sus ojos tan grandes y brillantes.<br \/>\nPilar: Si, me encantan sus ojos azules. Su abuelo Manuel tambi\u00e9n tiene ojos azules.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: Y tiene el pelo rubio. No es normal para un espa\u00f1ol. \u00bfManuel tambi\u00e9n tiene el pelo rubio?<br \/>\nPilar: Manuel tiene el pelo casta\u00f1o. Pero el padre de Manolito tiene pelo rubio como su hijo.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: Manolito es un ni\u00f1o guap\u00edsimo Pilar. Tambi\u00e9n los otros cuatro ni\u00f1os. \u00a1Todos guap\u00edsimos!<br \/>\nPilar: Much\u00edsimas gracias Joaqu\u00edn.<\/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;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>English Text<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joaqu\u00edn: Hi Pilar, how are you?<br \/>\nPilar: Busy as you see.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: Yes, how many children do you have now?<br \/>\nPilar: I have five. This cutey is the smallest.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: What&#8217;s your baby&#8217;s name?<br \/>\nPilar: His name is Manolito.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: A traditional name, I like it. And it suits him.<br \/>\nPilar: Manolito is the name of his grandfather. Well, Manuel.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: My grandfather is called Joaqu\u00edn like me.<br \/>\nPilar: Grandfather Manuel is very happy.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: Manolito is very cute huh? With his mouth and nose so small and his eyes so big and bright.<br \/>\nPilar: Yes, I love his blue eyes. His grandfather Manuel also has blue eyes.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: And he has blond hair. It is not normal for a Spaniard. Does Manuel also have blond hair?<br \/>\nPilar: Manuel has brown hair. But Manolito&#8217;s father has blond hair like his son.<br \/>\nJoaqu\u00edn: Manolito is a beautiful boy Pilar. Also the other four children. All beautiful!<br \/>\nPilar: Thank you very much Joaqu\u00edn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>So, how did you get on? How much did you understand of the original text before checking the translation? 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, practice makes perfect! Be patient and keep reading, hearing, writing, and speaking Spanish. 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\/09\/Physical-descriptions-in-Spanish-350x233.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Physical descriptions in Spanish\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Physical-descriptions-in-Spanish-350x233.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/09\/Physical-descriptions-in-Spanish.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>Practice physical descriptions in Spanish with these English Spanish Parallel Texts. Read the Spanish version and do your best to understand before later checking the English translation.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":15193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[8,61202,6,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15192","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-language","category-learning-2","category-grammar","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15192","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=15192"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15194,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15192\/revisions\/15194"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}