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Tapas

Las tapas

6:08 min video · 20 sentences · 3 key words

Transcript with English

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About this lesson

This lesson teaches what tapas are, where the custom may come from, and how people share them in Spain today.

How to practise

  1. Read what you will learn on the first card, then follow the lesson section by section with English.
  2. Repeat every sentence out loud in the Te toca · Your turn pause: you learn the facts and the words together.
  3. At the end, check the recap and answer the question in the YouTube comments.

Las tapas

Tapas

In this lesson

  • What a tapa is and what the word means
  • Two legends about where tapas began
  • How friends eat tapas in Spain today

Key takeaways

  • Tapa also means lid or cover in Spanish.
  • One legend says people covered glasses with bread or ham.
  • Another legend mentions King Alfonso X.
  • In Granada, a tapa is sometimes free with a drink.

Your turn: Do you have a food tradition for sharing small dishes with friends in your country?

Key words

SpanishEnglish
la tapasmall portion of food, lid
el reythe king
los amigosfriends

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