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This South American country is the longest country in the world, and is also affectionately known by its inhabitants as the "país de los poetas" or the "country of poets"
What is Chile?
These fruits are often confused for bananas, but are cooked and used as vegetables in different Hispanic dishes such as Mofongo, Maduros, and Jibaritos
What is plantains?
This Mexican painter used art to express her experience with chronic pain and to explore questions of identity, postcolonialism, gender, class, and race in Mexican society. She is most famous for her self-portraits and surrealism
Who is Frida Kahlo?
These Spanish verbs both means "to be" in English, but are used in different contexts to describe temporary vs. permanent qualities and conditions
What is Ser & Estar?
The celebrated playwright, composer, and lyricist best known for composing and starring in Broadway's production of Hamilton
Who is Lin Manuel Miranda?
This country's name translates directly to "equator" and in fact straddles the equator. It is also the world's largest exporter of bananas, with over 300 varieties
What is Ecuador?
A popular dessert throughout Latin America, this sponge cake is made with flour, sugar, eggs and vanilla. It’s soaked in a mixture of sweetened condensed milk, evaporated milk and cream, and frosted with whipped topping
What is Tres Leches?
This Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist and stage designer is credited with the co-creation of Cubism and widely considered one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century. He is known for works such as Guernica
Who is Pablo Picasso?
This word in Spanish does not have a direct, one-word translation to English, but refers to staying up late or staying up all night
What is Trasnochar?
The number of Spanish-speakers world-wide
What is 500,000,000+?
This is the smallest Central American country and is also known as "la tierra de volcanes" or "the land of volcanoes" and depicts a volcano on its flag
What is El Salvador?
The name of this soda brand means "little jug" in Spanish, and is known for its natural fruit flavors. It was founded in Mexico in 1950 by Beep Boop Packing Corporation
What is Jarritos?
The Spanish epic was written by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra and is widely considered one of the greatest masterpieces of Spanish Literature. It is one of the most translated stories in the world, and follows the hero Alonso Quijano, who, after reading many books on knights conquering dungeons and castles, goes out in the world to do the same, seeing what is not there, taking ridiculous situations and converting them into glorious deeds
What is Don Quijote?
This word in Spanish has a sound that closely resembles the English word for indicating shame or self-consciousness, but its actual meaning is to be pregnant
What is embarazada?
The number of countries that have Spanish as their official language
What is 21?
This river in Colombia inspired the setting of the film Encanto, and is considered one of the most beautiful natural locations on Earth
What is the Caño Cristales? (What is the River of Five Colors?)
This type of sweet roll is traditionally baked during the weeks leading up to the Día de los Muertos
What is Pan de Muerto?
The Colombian novelist who authored masterpieces such as Cien años de soledad in 1967 (One Hundred Years of Solitude) and El amor en los tiempos del colera in 1985 (Love in the Time of Cholera) was also a master of magical realism and was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982
Who is Gabriel José de la Concordia García Márquez?
This grammar tense or mood in Spanish is the not-quite-concrete wording you use when you’re discussing things you want to happen, hope will happen, or anticipate will happen. Unlike Spanish, English does not have this tense in a specific verb form
What is el subjuntivo / the subjunctive?
The 24th poet laureate of the United States and first Latina author to take upon the role
Who is Ada Limón?