Subscribe to Un día en español: A Spanish learning podcast on Apple | Spotify | Google or wherever you listen. See all episodes here.
Episode 8: Mom’s (Not Quite) Farewell
After a somber announcement from her mother, Alexandra and her family take a road trip around beautiful Puerto Rico to visit some of her mom’s favorite places so she can say goodbye. But like in any good story, things aren’t entirely as they seem.
Want to test your skills by listening to the episode entirely in Spanish? Get the monolingual version here.
Key Vocabulary
| el carro | car |
| callar | to keep quiet |
| mejor | better |
| la empanadilla | pasty |
| morir | to die |
| el sapo | toad |
| la carretera | road |
| sentirse mejor | to feel better |
| Me duele la cabeza. | I have a headache (lit. my head hurts). |
| la barriga | belly |
| los ojos | eyes |
| el dolor | pain |
| preocupado/a | worried |
| la presión alta | high blood pressure |
Dynamic Transcript
Show Notes
Un día en español is produced by the language experts at Babbel. The show is hosted by Sebastian Escobar. Editing and sound design by Iván Simonovis Pertiñez. Our producers are Elin Asklöv, Carmela López, Dylan Lyons, Andy Nielsen and Madeleine Townsend-Clark. Our executive producers are Jen Jordan and Daniel Meehan.
Want to let us know what you thought of the episode? Send us an email at podcasting@babbel.com. Make sure to subscribe to Un día en español wherever you get podcasts, and please rate and review us if possible. You can find other episodes of the show here (or on your preferred podcast platform). Thanks for listening!