POR MAYA CRANDALL
COMMUNICATIONS EDITOR IN-TRAINING
Tongue twisters, or trabalenguas, are an excellent way to improve your Spanish pronunciation and speed! Here are a few to try:
- To Practice ‘m’ Sounds
Mi mamá me mima mucho.
(My mom spoils me a lot.)
- To Practice ‘b’ Sounds
El bebé bebe bebidas con burbujas.
(The baby drinks beverages with bubbles.)
- To Practice ‘p and c’ Sounds
Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico, con un pico pica papas Pepe Pecas.
(Joe Freckles chops potatoes with a pick, with a pick Joe Freckles chops potatoes.)
- To Practice ‘rr’ Sounds
Erre con erre guitarra, erre con erre barril. Rápido corren los carros, cargados de azúcar del ferrocarril.
(R and r guitar, r and r barrel. The carts roll along quickly, laden with sugar from the train.)
- To Practice ‘cua and cue’ Sounds
Cuando cuentes cuentos, cuenta cuantos cuentos cuentas cuando cuentes cuentos.
(When you tell stories, say how many stories you tell when you tell stories.)
- Super Challenge!
El volcán de Parangaricutirimícuaro se quiere desparangaricutiriguarízar, y él que lo desparangaricutiricuarízare será un buen desparangaricutirimízador.
(The volcano of Parangaricutirimicuaro wants to “desparangaricutiriguarize” and whoever “desparangaricutiriguarizes” it will be a good “desparangaricutiriguarizer.”)
Say these as often as possible, and you’ll be speaking Spanish fast in no time!
Tongue Twisters courtesy of SpanishDict: https://www.spanishdict.com/guide/tongue-twisters-in-spanish