Che! Dame los cinco

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Welcome to the “Che! Dame los cinco” newsletter.

For the new folks joining us, I send these 4 things for you every Monday morning:

1. a new word

2. a new expression

3. a piece of content

4. an exercise for improving your Spanish

📖 Palabra - papelón

When you do something embarrassing or ridiculous, you make a fool of yourself. The equivalent of “fool” in this English expression is papelón.

Carlos hizo un papelón anoche en la fiesta.
Capi casi hace un papelón en la reunión.

🗨️ Expresión - hecho bolsa

When you’re tired or exhausted and have no energy, you can use this expression. My friend Tony taught me it last week when I told him my brain was fried at the end of the work day.

Quedé hecho bolsa después del entrenamiento.
De la colección de fotos hecho bolsa (x).

🔗 Contenido - La_Original.mp3

The music video for this song dropped 3 weeks ago. I found it yesterday in Top 50 Argentina and I cannot stop listening to it. It’s kinda house/pop-y with strong female vocals. And it’s a collab with one of our favorite Argentinians - TINI!

Give it a listen and let me know what you think.

💪🏼 Ejercicio - Practice your /b/ vs. /v/

I’ve been revisiting my pronunciation to fix any small errors I’m making. The first area I’m reviewing is /b/ vs. /v/. And I found this video to be super helpful in breaking down the rules:

Thanks for reading! Espero que disfrutes la semana 😄

Abrazo de tu amigo,
- Joe