To discuss about the debate- 5 minutes of Spanish + Podcast /English version/

 

Hello, how are you? I hope you are with lots of energy to practice your new language.

Welcome to our podcast: “5 minutes of Spanish”!

Today we are going to discuss about the debate.

Oops what awaits me.....

Did you know that the word “debate” comes from Latin and means to strike or fight?

And yes, in a debate you can throw arguments like punches!  Here in Mexico we had a presidential debate on Sunday.

And the 3 candidates threw a lot of punches at each other. But before we continue with our debate let's get to the words:

Debate- debate. It is a cognate changes the pronunciation, the Spanish e is i in English, the t is a little stronger, we have many cognates with English, French and Italian.

Golpear - to hit

Luchar - to struggle

And that expression you said: ¡Ay! lo que me espera - Oh! what awaits me!

Exaggerated! - exaggerated... You didn't say that...

No, I say it now because, I never debate, or argue

No, of course, women in general, never argue, let's get on with the debate, please.

Synonyms for debate are:

Discuss- to argue. Here there is a false friend as discutir in Spanish generally implies controversy, exchange of ideas.

Sometimes, in the case of conferences, the word discutir is used in the sense of a polite exchange of ideas. 

In English it would be to discuss, but this meaning is only for a formal context, in everyday Spanish, to discuss is at least, to talk loudly.

Another synonym for debate:

Dispute- to dispute

And what is a debate?

It is a fight of ideas, but without blows. In the case of Mexico's presidential debate the 3 candidates who participated were: Xóchilt Gálvez for “Fuerza y Corazón por México”, Claudia Sheinbaum of the coalition “Sigamos Haciendo Historia” and Jorge Álvarez Máynez of Movimiento Ciudadano.

A lot of blows?

Well, some, ....Xóchilt called Claudia candidate of lies about 25 times....

Claudia called Xóchilt Corrupt, in short...But, what a stress to be there, I would not like to be in her shoes.

And the whole country watching.

And what nerves for them! Besides, soon there will be more presidential debates in other countries. I'd be more nervous than a flan in an earthquake!

Terremoto - earthquake

Or, than a dog in a boat!

Ha ha ha ha, now that's a funny picture! But yes, they must be very well prepared to defend their ideas in front of millions of people.

How about you? Would you like to participate in debates in Spanish classes?

We look forward to seeing you in our schools in Cabo San Lucas or San Jose del Cabo or in our online club: SpanishUP2U.

Thank you very much for listening to this podcast. We hope you enjoyed our discussion on debate.

See you soon! And remember that it's good to debate with height and good humor!

Bye-bye.