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“De tal palo tal astilla”

Ever heard the saying De tal palo tal astilla? 🌳 This week’s expression is all about family – can you guess what it means? Learn what it’s all about, when to use it and how it pops up in real-life Spanish.

Idiom De tal palo tal astilla

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 Bilingual text with audio

Are you an animal lover? Meet a super lovable family and all their pets! 🐶  In this fun bilingual reading and listening activity, you’ll get to practice everyday Spanish while learning about a family that really loves animals.

A1 Una familia que ama a los animales

Don’t stop there! Keep going with more reading and fill-in-the-blanks activities.

Spanish Vocab Boost

Riddle Edition: Family Vocab Challenge

We’ve got a fun riddle for you in Spanish! 🧠✨ Take a close look at the sentence in the image. Can you figure out who we’re talking about? Drop your best guess here in the newsletter comments section below 👇   – we want to see who gets it right first!

But that’s not all, we’d love for you to get involved! 💬 Try writing your own riddle in Spanish about a family member and post it in the comments too 👇. It’s a great way to practice and have some fun with the community. 🧩👨‍👩‍👧‍👦

Here’s a bit of help to brush up on how to talk about all your family members:

A0 Nuclear family

A1 Relatives and extended family

Top it off with our word game at the bottom of the vocab lists and make the most of it!

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October Leaderboard Top 3

Enhorabuena to Vincent Z, Johnny M and S F for claiming the top spots on the October Spanish Leaderboard!

Keep the great work! 

¡Fantástico! 🎉 

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Friday is Weekend Workout day – a special treat just for our Premium subscribers , with fresh dictations and writing challenges to boost your listening and writing skills.

This week’s theme is Family & Relationships.

Here’s a writing challenge for our free users: What a fright! (level C1)

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