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🎃 Halloween in Spanish: Tricks, Treats and Vocabulary · Spanish for Beginners with Marco

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  Speaker 1: It's time for some Halloween fun. In this lesson from
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  Speaker 1: Spanish for Beginners with Marco, you'll learn essential Halloween vocabulary
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  Speaker 1: in Español. Vocabulario de noche de brujas. First, you'll listen
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  Speaker 1: to a short audio describing the celebration in Español. And
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  Speaker 1: then we'll break down the vocabulary. And if you want
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  Speaker 1: to follow along with the transcript, it's available in my
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  Speaker 1: Spanish starter pack, Lesson 23. Grab it for free at latinl.com
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  Speaker 1: with the link in the show notes. Ready for this?¡ Sí, señor!¡ Sí, señor!¡ Vamos!
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  Speaker 1: La Noche de Brujas Halloween se celebra todos los años
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  Speaker 1: el 31 de octubre en Estados Unidos. La gente decora
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  Speaker 1: sus casas con esqueletos, calabazas, arañas, murciélagos y otras figuras.
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  Speaker 1: Los niños llevan disfraces y piden dulces en las casas
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  Speaker 1: del vecindario. Ellos golpean la puerta de sus vecinos o
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  Speaker 1: tocan el timbre. Cuando una persona sale, dicen...¡ Dulce o travesura!¡
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  Speaker 1: Dulce o travesura! Es un día muy divertido. Ok, let's
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  Speaker 1: break it down. Let's start with decorations. What things do
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  Speaker 1: people use to decorate their houses? Take a few seconds
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  Speaker 1: to think. Let's see. And feel free to repeat after
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  Speaker 1: me to practice. La gente decora sus casas con esqueletos, skeletons, calabazas, pumpkins, arañas, spiders,
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  Speaker 1: and murciélagos, bats. And yes, murciélago is a long one.
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  Speaker 1: A fun fact about bat in Spanish is that it
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  Speaker 1: contains all five vowels. A, E, I, O, U. Murciélago. Now,
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  Speaker 1: let's look at some verbs from the Oreo. I started
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  Speaker 1: with se celebra. From the verb celebrar, to celebrate. How
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  Speaker 1: about you?¿ Celebras Halloween? Leave a comment with your answer.
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  Speaker 1: Another verb, decorar, to decorate. Decorar. La gente decora sus casas.
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  Speaker 1: Next one, llevar, to wear. Los niños llevan disfraces. And
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  Speaker 1: if llevar means to wear, what do you think disfraces means?
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  Speaker 1: In areas, los niños llevan disfraces. What can it be? Well,
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  Speaker 1: from the context, disfraces is costumes. And thus, a great
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  Speaker 1: example of learning vocabulary from the context instead of a dictionary.
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  Speaker 1: An important skill to develop in your Spanish language journey.
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  Speaker 1: Next up, tocar la puerta. To knock on the door.
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  Speaker 1: And tocar el timbre. To ring the bell. And finally,
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  Speaker 1: did you hear the phrase for trick or treat? Let's
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  Speaker 1: hear that again. Dulce travesura. In Spanish, it's dulce o travesura.
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  Speaker 1: Or sometimes, dulce o truco. Is it all too difficult?
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  Speaker 1: No worries. You'll find the transcript and the summary on
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  Speaker 1: my blog at latinle.com. The direct link is in the description.
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  Speaker 1: And now that you know the words, let's listen to
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  Speaker 1: the audio from the top. Vamos. La noche de brujas, Halloween,
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  Speaker 1: se celebra... Todos los años el 31 de octubre en
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  Speaker 1: Estados Unidos. La gente decora sus casas con esqueletos, calabazas, arañas,
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  Speaker 1: murciélagos y otras figuras. Los niños llevan disfraces y piden
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  Speaker 1: dulces en las casas del vecindario. Ellos golpean la puerta
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  Speaker 1: de sus vecinos. O tocan el timbre. Cuando una persona sale, dicen...¡
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  Speaker 1: Dulce o travesura!¡ Dulce o travesura! Es un día muy divertido.
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  Speaker 1: And that's all for today. Gracias por escuchar Spanish for Beginners.
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  Speaker 1: If you're still scared to speak Español with your amigos,
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  Speaker 1: visit LatinL.com. You'll find plenty of resources to start off
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  Speaker 1: your Spanish journey with confidence. Podcasts, videos, quizzes, online lessons,
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  Speaker 1: and much more. For more information, visit LatinL.com or check
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  Speaker 1: the link in the show notes. Soy Marco Fierro.¡ Hasta
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  Speaker 1: la próxima!¡ Chao, chao!