Trabalenguas: Tongue Twisters in Spanish

Perhaps one of the most fun ways to practice your pronunciation is to try out some trabalenguas, or tongue twisters. They’re silly, challenging and rewarding. If you’re ready for a new way to focus on certain sound blends, or if you’re bored of traditional pronunciation practices, these trabalenguas will surely keep you and your friends, family and classmates entertained!

Spanish tongue twisters level: easy

These “easy” tongue twisters are great warmups if you’re advanced, or a good place to start if this is your first time! Don’t be discouraged if it’s difficult, since they’re made to be challenging. Also, be sure to pay attention to accent marks to help you pronounce unfamiliar words.

1. Como poco coco como, poco coco compro.
2. Dábale arroz a la zorra el abad.
3. El bebé bebe bebidas con burbujas.
4. El pato le dijo a la pata.

Level: medium

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After mastering the easier ones, try these tongue twisters next. They’re a little longer and a little harder.

1. El obispo vasco de Vizcaya busca el obispo vasco de Guipúzcoa.
2. El vino vino, pero el vino no vino vino. El vino vino vinagre.
3. Hoy ya es ayer y ayer ya es hoy, ya llegó el día, y hoy es hoy.
4. Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal.

Level: Hard

If you’re ready to kick it up a notch, these tongue twisters will put your pronunciation skills to the test.

1. La sucesión sucesiva de sucesos sucede sucesivamente con la sucesión del tiempo.
2. El perro de San Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramirez se lo ha robado.
3. Pepe puso un peso en el piso del pozo. En el piso del pozo Pepe puso un peso.
4. Un burro comía berros y el perro se los robó, el burro lanzó un rebuzno, y el perro al barro cayó.

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Not only do these tongue twisters help you practice pronunciation, but they also are great ways to learn new words and phrases. Whatever words you don’t know, look them up and add them to a little vocabulary book. Which of these trabalenguas was your favorite? Which was the hardest? Let us know!