A really cool podcast. Happy Mother`s Day / Un podcast "a toda madre": ¡Feliz Día de la Madre!

 

Hello and welcome to these 5 minutes of Spanish.

 

Thank you very much for being here in this podcast to practice Spanish, what is our topic today?

 

On Friday we celebrate Mother's Day in Mexico....

 

Ah I know, we are going to talk about the mother and her meaning, but, we have had this podcast for years, we already talked about the mother last year and the other ... I understand that in this year women are on the front page since the next president of Mexico will be a woman, but ...

 

But today we are going to explore beyond the simple term “mother” in Mexican Spanish.

 

It must be said that, unlike other countries, here in Mexico, no matter if it's a weekend or not, we always celebrate our moms on May 10, even if it falls on a workday like this year, which is Friday!

 

Some businesses close because the owners go to visit their mothers.

 

You can hardly get into the restaurants because they are full, it is a very important day.

 

We listen to Las Mañanitas early in the morning celebrating the occasion.

 

The mother is a very strong figure in Mexico, many homes are single-parent, with a woman head of household and also provider.

 

Let's go to the vocabulary

Pariente – relative

Hogar monoparental- single-parent home

Jefa del hogar- head of the household

Provedora- supplier

Incluso - even

 

However, this importance of the mother in society is not reflected in speech. When something is beautiful or important, it is called father.

How cool your watch! or how cool this podcast is!

The party was awesome!

But .... this room is a mess or chaos.

¡Un desmadre o desorden!

 

Lío- mess

Caos- chaos

Si está muy oscuro, no se ve ni madre // if it is too dark you see nothing.

 

When someone has a crash - he/she gives himself/herself a “madrazo” hard hit.

When an appliance or machine doesn't work: what's wrong with this “mother”!

If you earn very little money (you have a very low salary): you earn a “mother”.

He works so hard and you don't earn a “mother”.

 

“Mentar madres” (to curse mothers) or to insult

 

“When he is angry, he always starts swearing at mothers”.

 

But we don’t always use expressions with mother in negative contexts, do we?

 

We say that something is “a toda madre” as something very good or very “padre”, there we are recognizing the importance and courage of mothers.

 

Another expression of surprise is “madre santa”: “Holy mother, look how well this child sings”.

 

And you, do you want to speak Spanish “a toda madre”?

 

Well, contact us and we will make a plan together, you will see that in a short time you will improve your Spanish.

 

Come to our club and you will have great classmates.

 

Thank you very much for listening and happy Mother’s Day, mother of the heart, grandmother, aunt, great aunt, all those who inspire and help children.

 

Bye-bye-