Saturday, November 12, 2022

BEGINNERS PLUS COURSE, 2022, CLASS 6

 This week we started the topic of TAPAS.


A tapa is a small portion of food that Spanish people get with a drink at a bar.

We learnt some useful vocabulary on tapas: 

la ensaladilla rusa - Russian salad (potato salad)

las gambas - prawns

las aceitunas - olives

la tortilla de patatas - Spanish omelette

las albóndigas - meatballs

las croquetas - croquettes

las almendras - almonds

los boquerones - anchovies

el chorizo - chorizo

el jamón - ham

el gazpacho - cold tomato soup



In the second part of the class we did a listening exercise on tapas: 


Some useful vocabulary


Dígame - tell me

a ver - let me see

una caña de cerveza - a glass of beer

¿Lo van a tomar en la terraza ? - Are you going to have it on the terrace/ outdoors?

Sí, ya que hace buen tiempo - Yeah, since the weather is nice

¿Nos pone…? - Can we have…?

una ración - A portion

sin calentarla - without heating it up

de acuerdo - certainly

se lo llevo todo en seguida - I will bring everything shortly


Other words we learnt in class: 

media ración - half a portion

la cuenta por favor - the bill, please

las patatas bravas - potatoes with spicy sauce


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