¡Viva la Cultura!
This iconic Mexican painter is known for her vibrant self-portraits, signature unibrow, and turbulent relationship with Diego Rivera.
Quein es Frida Kahlo?
If something costs an arm and a leg in English, in Spanish it costs "un ojo de la..." this facial feature.
Que es la face/cara?
This traditional Spanish rice dish features saffron, vegetables, and proteins like seafood, chicken, or rabbit.
Que es Paella?
If a friend tells you a movie is chido or padre, they are using slang from this North American country to say it's cool.
Que es Mexico?
The Spanish verb embarazar doesn't mean to humiliate or feel awkward; it actually means to cause this medical condition.
Que es pregnancy / to make pregnant?
This style of fast-paced, rhythmic dance and music originated in the Andalusian region of Spain.
Que es Flamenco?
To give someone a hand or help them out is translated as "echar una..." this.
Que es la hand/mano?
This cold, refreshing tomato-based soup originated in the southern Spanish region of Andalusia.
Que es Gazpacho?
This South American country is famous for using the word chévere to mean great, along with using chamo for a kid or pal.
Que es Venezuela?
If you are feeling constipado, you don't need a laxative; you actually have this common respiratory illness.
Que es a cold?
This geometric and astronomical ancient city in Mexico contains the massive Pyramid of the Sun and Pyramid of the Moon.
Que es Teotihuacán?
If you have "pelos en la lengua" (hairs on your tongue), it ironically means you lack this quality when speaking your mind.
Que es filter / hesitation / being direct?
This Mexican corn dough dish is wrapped in a corn husk or banana leaf and steamed before eating.
Que es un Tamal / Tamale?
If someone calls you a tío or tía but they aren't your aunt or uncle, you are likely talking to someone from this European country.
Que es Spain?
The word éxito looks like a way out of a building, but it actually means this positive measure of achievement.
Que es success?
This Spanish surrealist master painted clocks in his 1931 masterpiece The Persistence of Memory.
Quien es Salvador Dalí?
To make fun of someone or pull their leg is expressed as "tomar el..." this.
Que es hair/pelo?
This popular South American beverage is an herbal infusion brewed in a hollow gourd and sipped through a metal straw called a bombilla.
Que es Mate?
If you hear someone use the pronoun vos instead of tú and say che to get your attention, you are in this Southern Cone country.
Que es Argentina?
This word sounds misleading at first but is actually disappointing.
Que es decepción?
This modern-day South American country was the center of the vast Inca Empire before the Spanish conquest
Que es Peru?
Someone who is extremely stingy or tight-fisted is said to have "codo," which translates to....
Que is the elbow?
This dish name is related to clothes, and consist of shredded beef stew is the beloved national dish of Cuba.
Que es Ropa Vieja
In Chile, this incredibly versatile slang word can mean a friend, a person, or be added to the end of a sentence for emphasis.
Que es weón / po?
A carpeta isn't something you vacuum on the floor; it's an object used to hold these school or office papers.
Que es Folder