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Learn Spanish phrases and vocabulary for a Christmas dinner

Do you a have dinner with your Spanish family and you want to be able to ask and reply to questions during this special occasion? Stay here, with us! 😋 Speaking Spanish during your meals won’t be a barrier anymore. Start speaking Spanish during your meals and surprise your family!🗣️

Guest: 👩‍🦰 Host:👦

  Christmas dinner 🎄

👩‍🦰 Buen provecho y feliz Navidad a tod@s | Enjoy and Merry Christmas to everyone

👦Buen provecho y feliz noche ¿Quieres algo para beber? | Enjoy and happy night. Do you want something to drink?

👩‍🦰 Me apetece un poco de vino tinto | I would like some red wine

👦Lo siento, ¿puede ser blanco? no tenemos tinto | Sorry, could it be white? We don’t have red

👩‍🦰 Sí, sin problema | Yes, there is no problem

👦¿Te gusta el pavo? | Do you like turkey?

👩‍🦰 Me encanta, está todo riquísimo. Especialmente el marisco | I love it, everything is delicious. Specially the seafood.

👦¿Puedes pasarme el pan, por favor? | Could you give me the bread, please?

👩‍🦰 Sí, aquí tienes. | Yes, here you have

👩‍🦰 Necesito otro cuchillo | I need another knife

👦 Un momento. Voy a la cocina. | Just a moment. I am going to the kitchen

👩‍🦰 ¿Qué hay de postre? | What is for dessert? 

👦Turrón y muchos polvorones. Pero si prefieres algo más saludable puedes tomar algo de fruta. | ”nougat ” and plenty of  ”shortbread”. But if you prefer something more healthy you can have some fruit.

👦Por cierto, ¿qué tal fue la Lotería de Navidad? | By the way, how was the Christmas lottery?

👩‍🦰 No me tocó el Gordo, pero fue bien. | I didn’t win the main prize, but it was fine. 

Christmas lottery day, EL Gordo, 22nd of December 2021 – Christmas Spanish tradition

👦¿Tienes planes para Nochevieja? | Do you have any plans for the New Years”s Eve?

👩‍🦰 Sí, vamos a tomar las doce uvas a la Puerta del Sol, en Madrid, y el día de Año Nuevo a descansar | Yes, we are going to eat the twelve grapes in ” La Puerta del Sol”, in Madrid, and New Years’ Eve is for resting

Eating the twelve grapes in “Puerta del Sol”, Madrid during new years’s eve

Eating the twelve grapes in “Puerta del Sol”, Madrid during new years’s eve

👦¿Vas a visitar a tus hermanos en Reyes? | Are you going to visit your brothers on the Three Wise Men’s day?

👩‍🦰 Sí, el día de Reyes voy a visitar a toda mi familia | Yes, I am going to visit all my family in the Three Wise Men’s day

👦 Me parece perfecto. Me encantan los Reyes. Por cierto el día de Los Inocentes vamos a cenar en casa de los abuelos. ¿Te apuntas? | It sounds perfect to me. I love the Three Wise Men. By the way, on the day of ‘Los Santos Inocentes’ (28th of December), we are going to have dinner at our grandparent’s house. Do you fancy? 

  👩‍🦰 Claro, cuidado con las bromas… | Of course, watch out with the jokes…

⚠️ Los Santos Inocentes day, 28th of December. Spanish tradition, which is similar to April fool’s day.

Los Santos Inocentes day, 28th of December. Spanish tradition, which is similar to April fool's day
Los Santos Inocentes day, 28th of December. Spanish tradition, which is similar to April fool’s day


Questions: 

1) Do you know the perífrasis IR  A + INFINITIVO?

If you struggle to answer this question ⬆️, feel free to get in touch, happy to help you! or visit our blog post

 🤤 Have you ever tried turrón and polvorones?

¡ Disfruta de tu cena! 🍽️