"Despacito" has been shared to the blog from the Spanish reading practice section of the learning library where you can find a large selection of interactive texts to help you with your reading skills.
Spanish online reading and listening practice – level B2
Despacito by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee is one of the hot hits of 2017 and the first Youtube video to get more than 4 billion views! Both artists are from Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States whose official languages are both English and Spanish but with Spanish as the dominant language.
Exercise: Despacito
The steamy lyrics are a great way to practise your Spanish: we’ve transcribed the song for you and put it into Kwiziq’s amazing ‘bilingual reader’ tool below. Click any phrase to see the English translation along with related grammar which you can add to your Kwiziq notebook to practise later. You can choose to have no subtitles or to turn on the Spanish subtitles by clicking the cog icon to access the Subtitles/CC option.
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Shui is Kwiziq's COO and Head of Languages. She is an experienced technical writer, translator and project manager. Shui grew up bilingual English-Spanish in the UK, completing her studies in London, Madrid and Paris where she now lives. She speaks English, Spanish, French and Italian. Her love of languages and technical knowledge make her a perfect fit for Kwiziq.