Estamos de estreno / We're launching - 5 minutes of Spanish (English version) + Podcast 237

 

Estamos estrenando el taller de cine
We´re launching

Hello! How are you? Good morning, good afternoon or good evening depending on where you are or what time you listen to us. Spanish version

Welcome to episode 237 of 5 minutes of Spanish. Thank you for listening to us week after week and for participating in our workshops or classes, both online and here in Los Cabos.

This week we're on SpanishUP2U for the first time, aren't we?  Listen the audio

Yes, on Monday we started a new workshop at the request of the students, it is the “Film Workshop” Do you like premieres?

I love premieres... But estrenar is a verb that does not exist in English and in these five minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week, we are going to talk about 3 verbs very used in Spanish that do not have a direct translation into English.

So, to say the same thing, English speakers need more words... or a long explanation... or they just can't get it right.

Today we're going to talk about three verbs we use a lot in Spanish: tardar, estrenar and pasear.

🕐 Tardar

Have you heard this phrase?

-Ufa, ¡Ufa, ¡cómo tarda el camión!

In Mexico, "camión" is the local bus. And "tardar" is not just being late. It's that time it takes for something to arrive, or you to be ready.

¿Estás lista?/Me tardo 5 minutos

-Ready?

-Yes! I'm only five minutes late...

In Mexico, if someone says it takes five minutes, it's probably ten.

In English, "tardar" translates as to take a long time or to be late, but it is not the same thing. In English you don't say "My bus is taking forever," even if you feel it in your soul.

✨ Estrenar

Now yes, my favorite verb: estrenar. I love estrenar, as I told you! ¡Me encanta estrenar!

In Spanish, we use “estrenar” when we use something for the first time.

-Look, I'm wearing a new dress. / Mira, estoy estrenando vestido

-How nice! -Is it new? ¡Qué bonito!, ¿es nuevo?

-Of course! I'm wearing it for the first time. ¡Claro! Lo estoy estrenando

In English they would say something like: "I'm wearing it for the first time", but there is no single verb for that. There is no “to debut clothes” for something personal, ¿sí?

Instead, we debut clothes, shoes, cars, perfume, even cell phones!

And speaking of debuting... Y hablando de estrenos…

At SpanishUp2U, we are launching a new workshop!

🎬 It's called the Cine Workshop, and Arabela coordinates it every Monday at 4:00 p.m. Los Cabos time.

Yes, we are launching it, and you can be part of it too if you are a member of our Club and are eager to talk about movies under Arabela's expert guidance.

🚶‍♂️ Another verb is Pasear

And after all this talking... how about we go for a walk?

Pasear means to walk without rushing, without a fixed destination. It's not “going shopping,” it's not “going to work,” no... It's simply going out for a stroll, enjoying the scenery, window shopping, or walking your dog.

In English you say (En inglés dicen) to take a walk or to stroll, or to walk around, buy something is missing (pero le falta algo… ese toque de placer sin prisa (not in a hurry) que tiene nuestro “pasear”

 But something is missing... that touch of unhurried pleasure that our “pasear” has.

—¿Qué haces el domingo? What are you doing on Sunday?
—Nada. Voy a pasear por el centro, tomar un café y mirar la vida pasar. Nothing. I'm going to walk around downtown, have a coffee, and watch life go by.

También decimos: We also say:

—Voy a pasear al perro.
(I’m taking the dog for a walk)

But it's not the same as going for a run. Walking is slower, more relaxed... more Latin.

🛑 So, in a single day you can:

•    Be late leaving because you can't find your keys.

•    Wear new shoes that are a little tight.

•    And go for a walk to see if those shoes loosen up or stretch a little.

 

That's Spanish for you. A language full of words that don't exist in English... but once you know them, you can't live without them.

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SpanishUp2U 💛

See you later.

Bye bye.