5 minutos de español: la chamba del penúltimo día del año / 5 minutes of Spanish: la chamba / the job- English and Spanish version
tips to take care of covid on the way to work Hola, ¿Qué tal? Good morning good afternoon or good night depending on where you are or the time you hear us. In these five minutes of Spanish in the middle of the week we are going to talk about different ways of referring to work. But today is December 30th, the day before the last day of the year and are we going to talk about work? If tomorrow is the last day of the year 2020 and today is the antepenultimate and of course we are going to talk about work, why not? In Mexico, work is called Chamba. We Mexicans “chambeamos”, we don't work. Me voy a chambear. I´m going to work Es un chavo muy chambeador. He´s a very hardworker guy Estoy chambeando te llamo cuando termine. I ´m working I call you when I finish. Where does the word “chamba” come from? It is believed that it comes from the Chamber of Commerce. In the 1940s, Mexican braceros worked in the fields of t