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🍂 Three Thanksgiving Traditions Explained in Spanish · Spanish for Beginners with Marco

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  Speaker 1: How can you explain common Thanksgiving tradition to your amigos?
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  Speaker 1: In Latin American countries, Thanksgiving isn't celebrated. So talking about
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  Speaker 1: the celebration in Espanol is a great way to help
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  Speaker 1: your Latino friends learn more about your culture and traditions.
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  Speaker 1: That's why today you'll learn how to talk about three
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  Speaker 1: popular Thanksgiving traditions in Spanish.¿ Listos?¡ Sí, señor!¡ Vamos! First,
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  Speaker 1: you'll hear a short audio in Spanish about Thanksgiving traditions.
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  Speaker 1: And after that, we'll break down the vocabulary together. Here
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  Speaker 1: we go. El Día de Acción de Gracias es una
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  Speaker 1: de las celebraciones más importantes de Estados Unidos. Hay algunas
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  Speaker 1: tradiciones relacionadas con esta celebración. Una muy famosa es el
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  Speaker 1: Indulto del Pavo. un evento donde el presidente de los
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  Speaker 1: Estados Unidos perdona la vida de un pavo. El pavo
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  Speaker 1: vive el resto de su vida en una granja o
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  Speaker 1: reserva especial. Otra tradición es el desfile del Día de
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  Speaker 1: Acción de Gracias de Macy's en Nueva York, donde hay
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  Speaker 1: globos gigantes y carrozas decoradas. Y finalmente... La carrera del pavo.
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  Speaker 1: Una carrera de cinco kilómetros que muchas personas corren la
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  Speaker 1: mañana del Día de Acción de Gracias. Got it? Let's
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  Speaker 1: have a look at this. Did you catch the three
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  Speaker 1: traditions mentioned? I'll give you a few seconds to think
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  Speaker 1: of your answer. Let's see. The first tradition is el
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  Speaker 1: indulto del pavo. Indulto in Spanish is an official pardon
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  Speaker 1: granted by a president or a government. In this case,
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  Speaker 1: el presidente perdona la vida de un pavo. The president
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  Speaker 1: pardons the turkey's life. If you're a turkey, that's probably
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  Speaker 1: like winning the lottery on Thanksgiving. So... El indulto del
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  Speaker 1: pavo is the first tradition. Next, we have el desfile
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  Speaker 1: del día de acción de gracias de Macy's. That's a
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  Speaker 1: long one, but let's break it down. Desfile means parade. Desfile.
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  Speaker 1: And día de acción de gracias is Thanksgiving. Día de
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  Speaker 1: acción de gracias. That's the name en español. So, el
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  Speaker 1: desfile del día de acción de gracias de Macy's, where
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  Speaker 1: you can find globos gigantes, giant balloons, and carrozas decoradas,
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  Speaker 1: decorated floats. One of the most famous Thanksgiving traditions in
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  Speaker 1: the United States. And finally, la carrera del pavo. This
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  Speaker 1: is the turkey trot. La carrera del pavo. This one
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  Speaker 1: is usually a 5-kilometer race held on Thanksgiving morning, about
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  Speaker 1: 3 miles. This was explained to me by one of
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  Speaker 1: my students. She told me that many people participate in
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  Speaker 1: La Carrera del Pavo before the big meal later on
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  Speaker 1: that day. Parece un evento muy divertido.¿ Participas en La
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  Speaker 1: Carrera del Pavo? I'd love to know more about your experience. So,
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  Speaker 1: how many traditions do you identify? All three. Just one?
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  Speaker 1: Or maybe none at all? Well, now that you're not
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  Speaker 1: familiar with the vocabulary, let's listen one more time. Here
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  Speaker 1: we go. El Día de Acción de Gracias es una
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  Speaker 1: de las celebraciones más importantes de Estados Unidos. Hay algunas
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  Speaker 1: tradiciones relacionadas con esta celebración. Una muy famosa es el
• 4:19
  Speaker 1: Indulto del Pavo. un evento donde el presidente de los
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  Speaker 1: Estados Unidos perdona la vida de un pavo. El pavo
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  Speaker 1: vive el resto de su vida en una granja o
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  Speaker 1: reserva especial. Otra tradición es el desfile del Día de
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  Speaker 1: Acción de Gracias de Macy's en Nueva York, donde hay
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  Speaker 1: globos gigantes y carrozas decoradas. Y finalmente... La carrera del pavo.
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  Speaker 1: Una carrera de 5 kilómetros que muchas personas corren la
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  Speaker 1: mañana del Día de Acción de Gracias. And that's all
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  Speaker 1: for today. Gracias por escuchar Spanish for Beginners. I really
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  Speaker 1: hope you're enjoying this mini-series on Thanksgiving. El Día de
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  Speaker 1: la próxima!¡ Chao, chao!