Different Customs — Spanish Phrases List
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| Spanish | English | |
| Word(s) | Al principio | at first |
| Phrase(s) | Al principio fue muy difícil. | At first it was very hard. |
| Al principio, sólamente comíamos tortillas. | At first, we only ate tortillas. | |
| Eso fue las cosas que comimos al principio | That was what we ate in the beginning | |
| Word(s) | Te acuerdas | do you remember |
| Phrase(s) | ¿Te acuerdas, Nina? | Do you remember, Nina? |
| Word(s) | Tortillas mexicanas | mexican tortillas |
| Phrase(s) | Tortillas mexicanas. | Mexican tortillas. |
| Word(s) | en nuestra vida | in our life |
| Phrase(s) | en nuestra vida! | in our life! |
| Word(s) | En cada supermercado | every grocery store |
| Phrase(s) | En cada supermercado, | in every grocery store, |
| Word(s) | decidimos probarlas | we decided to try them |
| Phrase(s) | así que decidimos probarlas y bueno. | so we decided to try them and that’s it. |
| Word(s) | comida rápida | fast food |
| Phrase(s) | aquí hay más comida rápida, | here there is more fast food, |
| Word(s) | para poder comer | to be able to eat |
| Phrase(s) | para poder comer | to be able to eat |
| Word(s) | algo muy ligero. | something very light |
| Phrase(s) | Y en la cena tomamos algo muy ligero. | And at dinner we eat something very light. |
| Word(s) | nuestro estilo de vida | our lifestyle |
| Phrase(s) | adaptar lo que nosotros—nuestro estilo de vida | adapt what we—our lifestyle |
| Word(s) | en el verano pasado, | this past summer |
| Phrase(s) | en el verano pasado, | this past summer, |
| Word(s) | tanta comida | alot of food |
| Phrase(s) | Y esa familia había cocinado tanta comida | And that family had cooked so much food |
| Word(s) | lo hicimos porque | we did it becuase |
| Phrase(s) | Pero lo hicimos porque | But we did it because |
| Word(s) | tenemos la cena | we have dinner |
| Phrase(s) | tenemos la cena, como, a esa hora: 8 o 9 de la noche. | we have dinner, like, at that time: 8 or 9 p.m. |
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