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I Love Real Spanish

I Love Real Spanish

By: Ben Curtis and Marina Diez
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 Ben and Marina from Notesinspanish.com bring you the real Spanish you'll never find in a textbook or app, so you have amazing real life experiences with your Spanish!2023 Social Sciences Travel Writing & Commentary
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  • In Search of España Profunda: Did We Find It?

    In Search of España Profunda: Did We Find It?
    Jun 27 2025
    Everyone talks about "España profunda"… that mysterious land where time stands still, bars still serve chorizo with everything, and nobody’s in a rush.
    But what is it really? And does it actually exist?
    We hit the road - starting right outside the house where Cervantes was born - to try and find out.

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    15 mins
  • Where To Get Free Tapas in Spain — And How It Works!

    Where To Get Free Tapas in Spain — And How It Works!
    Jun 13 2025
    Where do you get free tapas in Spain - and how does this delicious system work? Do you get free tapas here in Madrid? At the end of this video we visit a terraza and do the test - will we get free food or not?

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    Vocab from today’s video:

    Aceitunas - Olives
    Pintxos - Basque tapas
    Son verdaderas delicias - They are real delicacies
    En una rebanada de pan pequeña - On a small slice of bread
    Un huevo frito de codorniz y una rodaja de morcilla — A fried quail egg and a slice of blood sausage
    Un trozo de bacalao - A piece of cod
    ¿Me puedes traer unas aceitunas? - Can you bring me some olives?
    Agua con gas - Sparkling water
    A ver qué nos dan - Let’s see what they give us

    ¡Gracias a todos!
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    6 mins
  • Hot Summer Spanish - The Heat Arrived!

    Hot Summer Spanish - The Heat Arrived!
    May 28 2025
    Today we discuss the amazing change in everything - sleep, food, work, social life - now the heat has suddenly arrived, from a stunning location in Madrid. Vocab listed below.

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    Vocab from today’s video:

    Estoy achicharrado - I’m roasted (overheated)
    Se duerme regulín - You don’t sleep so well
    El sueño empieza a flojear un poco - Sleep starts to suffer a bit
    Las persianas - The blinds
    Ahora lo he pillado - Now I get it
    Ya no te apetece un guiso - You don’t feel like stew anymore
    Platos de cuchara, fuera - ‘Spoon foods’ (lentils, beans etc) are out
    Sandia en cantidad - Loads of watermelon
    La vida social en mayo y junio en Madrid es brutal, se dispara - Social life in May and June in Madrid is amazing, it goes crazy
    ¡Me está pinchando el rosal y pensé que era un bicho! - The rosebush is pricking me and I thought it was an insect!

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    9 mins
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