Spanish Guessing Game Podcast
In our “¿Quién será?” podcast series, you’ll listen to Kwiziq teachers Inma and Silvia’s light-hearted chats in Spanish, where they give you a few key clues to help you guess which Hispanic artist they’re talking about.
To help you practice your listening skills, these podcasts will also be accompanied by some useful vocab, grammar lessons and interesting links to go further! We encourage you to try our related exercises to have the whole experience.
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🎧 ¿Quién será? Ep.3 : Artist Celebrity 🎧
In this podcast, Silvia and Inma talk about a very famous Hispanic artist. If you are a keen Spanish art reader and know a bit about your favorite artists, then those clues will be very helpful. You might guess who it is after just a couple of clues, but stick around until the end to be sure and get the full experience. It’s a great listening exercise!
📕 Some useful vocabulary
Here are some of the key words from the episode to help you get confident in this topic:
- el personaje = celebrity
- el museo = museum
- sufrir un accidente = to have an accident
- el mural = mural
- lleno/a de = full of
- los trajes tradicionales = traditional costumes
- la obra = piece of art
- el autorretrato = self-portrait
- reconocido/a = renowned
- el orgullo = pride
For a full list of words, all related to art, check out the link: Art Vocabulary
🧩 Our 6 main clues
Here’s a line-up of the 6 main clues given in the podcast for a bit of help:
- Pista #1: Nació en 1907 en una casa que hoy es un museo muy famoso en su país.
- Pista #2: De joven sufrió un accidente muy grave que cambió su vida y también su forma de ver el mundo.
- Pista #3: Muchas de sus obras son autorretratos donde muestra su dolor, su identidad y sus emociones.
- Pista #4: Estuvo casado/a con un/una pintor/a muy reconocido/a por sus enormes murales llenos de historia y política.
- Pista #5: En sus pinturas aparecen con frecuencia flores, animales, monos y trajes tradicionales de su país.
- Pista #6: Con el tiempo se convirtió en un símbolo de fuerza, identidad y orgullo mexicano en todo el mundo.
🧠 Interesting grammar from the text in our clues
We highlighted some interesting grammar points in our text from the six clues and created a shared notebook with all the lessons so you have them all in one place and ready for you to test.
✏️ Practice More!
Try these awesome Kwiziq activities to practice more on the topic art.
Fill-in-the-Gaps:
● Una familia de músicos (A2 Musical instruments)
● Arte urbano en Latinoamérica (B2 Subordinate time clauses)
Writing challenge: (Premium subscribers only):
● Salvador Dalí: a Spanish painter (B1)
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Author info
After working in the travel industry for ten years in Seville, Inma moved to the UK to give a little twist to her life. Since then she's been teaching Spanish as a foreign language to adults for over 15 years in different settings, private lessons, secondary schools and online. Inma is a coffee lover and also loves exploring new places with her family in beautiful Warwickshire, where she lives.
Silvia is a multilingual educator with expertise in English, French, and Spanish, and a passion for helping students excel in language learning. After gaining extensive international teaching experience in the UK and other countries, Silvia returned to her hometown of Vitoria in 2019. Since then, she has been sharing her knowledge and love for languages with learners of all levels. With over a decade of experience, Silvia’s creative and dynamic teaching methods make language acquisition both fun and accessible.