Coffee Break Spanish - CBS Mag 3.08 | El Carnaval de Santa Cruz

Episode Date: March 20, 2020

Mark, Fernanda and Anabel are back for another episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. This week we're heading to Tenerife for El Carnaval de Santa Cruz! Listener Iris has a question about the use of the words época and tiempo when talking about time, and Anabel shares a couple of interesting expressions.In each episode of this 10-lesson season for intermediate learners you can build your vocabulary, increase your understanding of grammar and learn to use the Spanish language in a more natural way. This series is aimed at intermediate Spanish learners. If you have a question for the show, call our voicemail lines: UK - [phone]; US [phone]; Australia [phone], or visit coffeebreakquestions.com and leave us your message.There will be a total of 10 episodes of Season 1 of the Coffee Break Spanish Magazine. If you'd like to benefit from lesson notes, transcripts, vocabulary. lists and exercises, you can access the premium version of the Magazine on the Coffee Break Academy.Don't forget to follow Coffee Break Spanish on Facebook where we post language activities, cultural points and review materials to help you practise your Spanish. Remember - a few minutes a day can help you build your confidence in the language. Access the Coffee Break Spanish Facebook page here.If you'd like to find out what goes on behind the scenes here at Coffee Break Languages, and access regular language challenges, follow @coffeebreaklanguages on Instagram.For all information on Coffee Break Spanish, visit https://radiolingua.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, this is Mark from Coffee Break. This episode of the Coffee Break Spanish magazine is being published on the 20th of March 2020. Needless to say, we're extremely conscious of the situation around the world with the rapid spread of coronavirus. This episode was recorded a few weeks ago, so please bear that in mind as you listen. We hope that you enjoy the episode and that like all our episodes, you find it useful to help you in your continued study of Spanish. Let's get on with the episode. Coffee Break Spanish Magazine, Season 3, episode 8. Welcome to Coffee Brick Spanish. We're back. Hello, Hello, friends. How are you, all, Fernandah?

Very good. And you, Mark? Yes, super good, and very content to be here. Another way, in the studio, grabbing a episode

of Coffee Brick Spanish. Today we have a text interesting, because, we're going to, we're going to, we're going to, this,

this time, but we're, we're in a part of Spain that's a little, the peninsula, we're going to,

we're going to Santa Cruz of Canerife. Oh, I'd like to go now and have gone to

have been? No, no, I've visited. No, no, I've never never, we're going to

planing a coffee break in vacations. Yeah, me suena very good. If this happens to

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with Coffee Break. However, for now, let's get into this lesson. It's season three of our magazine and this is episode 8 and we are, as I said, heading to Santa Cruz, or Santa Cruz of Tenerife. Yeah, that's good. As you ever, we're going to another person and is here. Annabel. What about Annabel? Hello, Annabel. How are you?

Hello, Mark and Fernanda. This time we're going to talk of Santa Cruz of Tenerife. With the arrival of the Good Time to Spain, begins the celebrations in the and the and there's and no there's a major

fiesta that's a carnaval concretely the Santa of Santa Cruz of Tenerife

that's every year between February and March after

after this is the more popular and is the most very

very very the first even even how include to the

people to the Fiestas. Also, a who no does disfrazzar

and passer for a city and the family and the fact,

the disfras is one of the points of the celebration. Tant

is so that many so that many that all this

year. Some families even even plan disfaces a

game or related to the original and the

are essential. And more of a disfraud, loga to make a sonrisa to those that the men. The good of the carnival is that no important with whom you can't, because there is a diversion for all the public. While the carnival of day is more enfocated to an ambient familiar, the carnival of the night is

the moment in the year the feast gets to its oge, and all those are playing and they're and they're to liveerted. And no have to forgets of other of the great attractions, the election of the reina of the Carnival of Tenerife, who is that she's considered

the best representation of the diversion and a legion of these fiestas. Lamentably, as any whatever celebration, has to terminate, and this is the Mierckels of Cennisa with the Entierro of the Sardina. No, butstant, after that moment,

I'm sure that all have had been time sufficient to do with the family and the family and the amigos. So, so you'll point out of the next? Of course that's

I'm a point to the next and we're and we're we're going to get to reserve the

passages. The truth is that the time, the the time of

the carnaval is very interesting because there are many in the

world yeah yeah also in South America is because

it's very there's there so there many and in Valparais

yeah we're in vi in viya in We know Weena, we have the festival

of Viya in February. So there are many artists famous, many artists Latinos. Very interesting.

Yes. Well, we're going to look at the text and to read the text together.

With the time, Spain, they're the celebrations in the days. And no

there's major fiesta than the carnival. Okay. In this first

sentence, I think we've got something interesting because when we're translating from English into

Spanish and we think about with the arrival of the good weather in Spain. My first thought is always with the preposition, N, with the arrival of the good weather in Spain. But here we've got a really good example of,

because we're using la L'Igada, it's arriving to Spain. And that's why we need the A, with la L'Igada del Buen tempo, a Spain. Very bien, okay? So, L'Igada, arrival, and Buen Pempo, certainly what here in Scotland we're hoping for sometimes soon. Hopefully. So what begins with this arrival?

Empeas celebrations in the in the streets. So start the celebrations in the streets. So the celebrations in the streets start with the arrival of the good weather. And no there's no major fiesta than the carnival. Carnival. Perfect.

Concretamente, the of Santa Cruz of Tenerife, that's a year, between February and March. So concretamintly, literally, concretely, or to be more precise, or something like that, concretamente, the one of Santa Cruz de Tenerife,

the one of Santa Cruz de Tenerife, meaning the carnival in Santa Cruz, that's celebrated every year, between February and March. Yes. after the of the

Rio of this is the most popular and known

internationally but why? Okay, so after the one in Rio

after the of the year I was going to say that in English Portuguese

there this is the most popular and known internationally known

but why? Very very very very the Tinerfees

know how Divertires. Very simple, very simple, very simple, because the Tenerfeños, very interesting, other gentilicio.

Very well, Mark, that'stubist studying. So the word that we learned last time for, well, a couple

of episodes ago, DEMONMS. So this one, we're talking about people from Tenerife, Los Tenerfeinos, know how to enjoy themselves.

Perfect. My, my class of person. And more important, how include to the visitors and tourists in their fiestas. And more important still,

how to include visitors and tourists in their festivals. Very well. A person no like to disfrasarcy and a city precious with the family

and the friends. So, what's more? A who's more? So, Diffrazzarse is the verb to dress up. to put on a costume, to put on a disguise.

So, a who doesn't like to dress up, and to passier for a wonder around a beautiful city with a family and friends? Perfect. So in fact, the disfras is one of the points

of this celebration. So in fact, the etchreth, that's the noun from disfrazzarze, the disguise, the costume, is one of the points of this celebration.

Tanto is so, that much are all the year planning, what will be for this time of the year. So, so much, so much,

is it this way? That many people spend the whole year, that many people spend the whole year planing, what will wear for this season of the year. That's entertaining. Are those disfaces a man,

or one? I think that's it. Oh, look, that good. Some families, even planes disfaces a-juego or related to the same theme. Okay, so we're talking here about some families,

even, planean disfraces a game. Now, when you look at this, you recognize the word a game. So are these these game disguises or something, or is there a different use of the word Juego here? Well, here

there's more like set or matching. Okay, so we can use the word if we're talking, for example, a game of plato. So a game of platos would be a dinner set. Yes. Okay. Can you also use it to talk, for example, about other household items? I'm thinking, a game of sabanas, for example.

Perfect, yes. A set. So if we think about in disguises where you're all going as part of a set, then it's a kind of group costume. Okay, a disfrazzas a game. Or relationados with the same theme or related to the same theme. The originality and the humor are essential. So originality and humor, fun, are essential.

And more of a disfraise, loga to make a sonrisa to those that they're going. So this literally means, and more than one disguise manages to get a smile from the people who see them. Very good. So lots of the disguises make people laugh, make people smile.

Perfect. So the good of the carnival is that no important with who vengas yeah

there's so the good thing about carnival is that it doesn't matter with whom you come

so who you go with basically it's quite interesting here because we've got it's that

no important with who can so the fact that you're going with one

person or another person has got no importance there and with

whoever you may come okay a subjunct And the reason for this, yeah that there is diversion for all the publicos,

so since there is entertainment for all audiences, Mientras that the carnival day is more enfocado in an ambient

familiar. Let's just pause there. So, so, Mientras that the day carnival is more

focused, more focused, more geared to a family atmosphere. The Carnival of Noche is the moment in the festival and all of the night.

The night carnival of the night, the night carnival is the moment in which is the moment in it, that the fiesta that's an interesting word. So it's the moment when the festival at its highest point, its peak, as it were.

When the children doormen. Yes. And all, and they're so everyone dances and enjoys themselves without stopping. Perfect. And no there's to

another of the great attractions. And you must not forget one of the other big attractions. The election of the Reina of the Carnival of Tenerife. And that is the election

of the Tenerife Carnival Queen, the reina of the Carnival of Tenerife. Who is that considered the the best representation of the Diversion and the

fun of these fiestas. So the person who's elected the queen is the one, is thatkega, considered the best representation.

So consider the best representation of the entertainment and happiness, the fun, and happiness of these festivals, these holidays.

Lamentably, as any celebration, has to terminate. Lamentably, like any celebration, just like any celebration, it has to end.

It has to come to an end at some point. And this is the Mierckels de Senisa with the Entirero of the Sardina. Okay, that's interesting. And this one, so the Festival of Tenneve, this one does it, it comes to an end. On Ash Wednesday, the Mierckels de Cenisa, with the Entierro of the Sardina.

the burial of the sardine. I think we'll have to include a little link in the... We'll have to have to be a little bit. We'll put a link in the show notes for this one about the Entirero of the Sardina. No, that'stante, I'll say that all have been time sufficient to enjoy with the family and the

So nevertheless, no obstinate, until that moment, I can assure you all, that all, that everyone has had time sufficient, enough time, to enjoy themselves with the family and friends. So,

so you're upunties to the next one? Of course you are you signing up for the next one? Of course you are. O's apuntais or se apuntan So to sign up for something to sign up for something, appointerse, for example.

Very bien, so os apuntais or se apuntan a next one. Are you going to sign up for the next one? Well, I think you all should perhaps. Yes,

we're not stress that there are many carnivals out there and we're not being sponsored by tentative tourism or anything like that. Okay, we're going to take a break there because we need to go and check our flights for the for the for the tentity for next year. But we'll be back in just a moment. If you'd like to

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Hello, my name is Iris from California, United States. I have a question about the use of epoca and tempo. Can you explain the differences in uses of these two words? Thank you very much. Okay, much thanks, Ayrus. Much thanks, Aries.

A good question. A good question. Yes, very good question. Well, time

is could translate as time, the translation and also as much yeah,

exactly. So two meanings there for time and weather, basically. We have

a example very good in what we've seen, at the beginning, it's,

with the the good time. Exactly. So with the arrival of

the good weather. So there we can celebrate the carnival, right? Also, another example with would be,

the time is very good today in Santa Cruz. Okay, so the weather is really nice in Santa Cruz. I think Iris is focusing particularly

on the use of time as time because that's where perhaps we're going to get more confused with Epoca and Tiempo. Yeah, well,

other example with time, right? Has much time that no we've got to the carnival.

So it's a long time. Since we've been in much time, we haven't been to the carnival in a long time. Perfect. And now, epoca, has to be with time, but no signific it's the same. If it's a season or period of time. So it's typically a longer period of time. Perfect, Mark, very well.

And also, it can have that sense of looking back towards something in that Epoca. Yes, when we when we we're when we're going to

we're right. And, well, we know, we're always we're

dishrasable in the carnival. Okay. So at that time we always used to get

dressed up for carnival. Could you say in that time? Yeah,

could you say it a little rarro. Yeah. It's sounds a more

a season, a time more more longer. And other example could

be the Epoca del Carnaval is very good fun. Okay, so that's a good example there. The Epoca del carnival season, right? Yeah. Very good. Okay, Iris, thank you for your question. And if you have a question for us like Iris, then you can get in touch and we'll do our best

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Hello. And me asked, has been, has been a lot of time, in Santa Cruz, the Diderife? Lamentably, no, of moment. Well, you know, you need. You need. Well, look, you know, you know,

something for us today? De fact, I have two. One is be the soul of the party. Ah, so to be the soul of the party.

In English, we're basically the life and soul of the party. But sometimes when you're wondering about a particular expression in English, thinking, could that be the same

in another language, then it's good to know that it actually is, in this case, almost the same. So give us an example of being the Alme

of the festival. Well, for example, I have a friend he's a man

and he is the alma of the because he's the ultimate always

always he obviously would enjoy carnival then and everything that brings

okay and so that's one did you say you've got another one the other

one. The other is to say it disappear right so make

bomb bomb so like a smoke bomb? Yes like the magos

The magus, when when they're doing that a trick of disappear, use a bomb of humo and they use

the humor as a distraction. Right. So these are like the wizards who

throw down a smoke bomb to disappear. So give us an example of how that would

be used then. Here the example is quite is disappear in the

moments clave because you want I understand I

know. So, I have many many people with

to talk with them, they're going to they're going to bomb of hume. Okay, so you have some problems with

your flatmates and every time you want to speak to them, they suddenly disappear. Yeah. So,

always they're always they're bomb of so much. So, although there's three or

four, always make a bomb a singular. Yes. Perfect. Well, much

thanks, Aval. Thank you. Now, I'm a bomb of humor. Well,

Fernanda, you know these expressions? Yes. Yes. Okay. The soul of the

Fiesta, very known. Yes. Very much. Yeah. That's the love of the Fiesta,

right? And to be a bomb of humor no he knew it. Oh, okay.

So there's a version Chilean or Latin that you use you have a version

Chilena we can say, we said, so he or she ordered him or herself

to change? Yes, well, to change location, to change place.

Okay, right. Yeah. Disapparcer And this part, the Raise, is of a quote of

Robert Bolanius which is an author Chilean. He's he used first. For that

another example, that's more specific, is to make a perro Merto.

To plea a dog that's dead. Yes. Also, also. But that is a

more, for example, if you are in a restaurant and you do you do you

do do you did a per Merto. Well, we need to change the subject here. We can't be leaving it on that note.

No, no, no, no, for favor, for favor. Okay, that's where we're going to leave this episode of the Coffee Break Spanish magazine. We hope you've enjoyed it as ever. And we hope that you've found it useful. Of course, if you'd like to get more out of the Coffee Break Spanish magazine, then you can head over to the Coffee Break Academy, where we have the premium version of this course with lesson notes, with vocabulary, and with exercises to help you.

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