Traba Lenguas: (Tongue Twisters)
- I just came from a friend's house who helps me with my Spanish (I help him with his English) He wrote down two Mexican tongue twisters for me to say; he was surprised how well I could say these.
- So I thought I would share them with my friends here at SpanishDict. -- By the way, we have a lot of fun and even more laughs helping each other (my Spanish has improved more than his English -- that's what he told me.)
Traba Lenguas: (Tongue Twisters)
- Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en tres tristes trastes.
(Three sad tigers ate wheat on three sad plates)
- Un pajarito descorazonare. (A discouraged birdie.)
Give these a try (in Spanish of course), or not -- and fast.
9 Answers
WOW!
I never heard that version of the tres tristes tigres... the one I knew is: tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal
I have some others for you, very traditional in different areas in Mexico:
Un podador podaba la parra y otro podador que por allí pasaba le preguntó: podador que podas la parra, ¿qué parra podas?¿podas mi parra o tu parra podas? Ni podo tu parra, ni mi parra podo, que podo la parra de mi tío Bartolo.
Los hombres con hambre hombre, abren sus hombros hombrunos sin dejar de ser hombres con hambre hombre hombruno. Si tú eres un hombre con hambre hombre hombruno, pues di que eres un hombre con hambre y no cualquier hombre hombruno sino un hombre con hombros muy hombre, hombre.
Treinta y tres tramos de troncos trozaron tres tristes tronzadores de troncos y triplicaron su trabajo, triplicando su trabajo de trozar troncos y troncos.
María Chuchena su techo techaba, y un techador le pregunta: ¿Qué techas Maria Chuchena? techas tu choza o techas la ajena? No techo mi choza ni techo la ajena. Yo techo el techo de María Chuchena.
En la plaza de Constantinopla había una esquina, en la esquina una casa, en la casa un balcón, en el balcón una estaca, en la estaca una lora. La lora está en la estaca en el balcón de la casa en la esquina de la plaza de Constantinopla.
Llega Galo al lago y liga luego al lego de Lugo muy largo en lengua que al lago llega tras luengas leguas.
Como dice el viejo dicho, y ese dicho yo le he dicho, que diciendo lo del dicho que me han dicho, dicho ha sido el dicho aquel: Que primero prepare paprika para papricar mi primera comida, y que estando ya papricada me preparo para principiar a deglutir golosamenteesta primera comida papricada.
Tras tres tragos y otros tres, y otros tres tras los tres tragos, trago y trago son estragos, travesuras de entremés, trapola tramo y tragón, treinta y tres tragos de ron tras trozos de trucha extremo, en un tris los truene el trueno.
I have many more, but let's see how you do with these ones (and if you can figure out what they're talking about).
ps: I think this is tongtwisters 2.0!
Another one: 
¡Como quieres que te quiera, si el que quiero que me quiera no me quiere como quiero que me quiera!
(How do you want me to love you, if the one ...)
I just have to say this; I have the best English one ever, and I can say it so fast it just sounds like BBBBBBBB.... Ok, here it goes....
Betty bought a bit of butter but the bit of butter Betty bought was bitter so Betty bought a better bit of butter better than the bitter bit of butter Betty bought before.
Hehe it's my favorite tongue twister ever! XD
Here's an example of the traba lenguas I know (doesn't seem to be the same):
Di-fi me-fe Si-fi Kie-fe-Re-fes, Ke-fe No-fo??
Jaja, good luck.
From DJ:
Di-fi me-fe Si-fi Kie-fe-Re-fes, Ke-fe No-fo?
Is this supposed to be:
"Di me si quere, que no?"
(Tell me if you want, No?)
Just a guess.
Thank you Zenejero.
Zenejero said:
Well... homework! Some of these are not that hard, some of them are more advanced.... Give it a try and enjoy! (and remember you can always come back to this thread and ask some assistance).
I will say these out loud many times this week to exercise my mouth and tongue -- which will help me have smoother Spanish conversations.
Ok -- I translated these (the best I could) what a work-out!
PS: I do not need any more "Spanish Tongue Twister's" -- these are more than enough!
Please provide me your correct translations so I may review my errors. I will check them this evening
1.) A pruner pruned a vine and another pruner that was passing by asked the pruner who pruned the vine, "What vine do you prune? Do you prune my vine or your vine do you prune? I neither prune your vine, or my vine. I prune the vine of my uncle Bartalo.
2.) Those men with a hungry man, opened their masculine shoulder's without stopping the man with a hungry masculine shoulder. If you are a man with hunger, and not a man with a hungry masculine shoulder, then I give who is a man with hunger, and not any masculine man either a man with very hungy shoulder's hunger.
3.) Thirtythree plots of cut up logs - three sad loggers tripled their work, tripling your work of cut up logs and stock.
4.) María Chuchena was roofing her roof, and a roofer asked: "What are you roofing Maria Chuchena, are you roofing your hut or are you roofing someone else's?" "I roof the roof of María Chuchena." (I get this one is María that has the "i" with a accent, the other does not have the "i" accent.)
5.) In the plaza of Castantinopla there was a corner, on the corner a house, on the house a balcony, on the balcony a post, on the post a parrot. The parrot was on the post on the balcony of the house on the corner of the plaza of Castantinopla.
6.) Galo got to the lake and was later joined by Lugo of the very long tongue who to the lake and his tongue he joined.
7.) As says the old saying, and that saying I have said, "that saying that was said to me they have said," "You have said those": That first prepare the paprika for paprika my first meal, and when it was already paprika'd I will start to greedliy swallow my first paprika'd meal.
8.) After three drinks and another three, and another three after those three drinks, I drank and drank with havoc, goofy appetizers, and swallowed a piece of Trapola, drank 33 rum drinks followed by pieces of trout tails, -- in a flash of thunder I thundered.
Ok don't let it be said I don't do my homework!
These are fantastic!!! I guess "Trabas lenguas" are really good for practicing your Spanish because you get used to the accents, as well as speaking fast!
Well... homework! Some of these are not that hard, some of them are more advanced.... Give it a try and enjoy! (and remember you can always come back to this thread and ask some assistance).
i dont know any spanish tonguetwisters but i would love to know what these ones mean
