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De Colores album cover

Gracias a la Vida · 1974

De Colores

Joan Baez

0:000:00

Difficulty

Advanced

Challenging — very repetitive, and vocabulary-dense.

Vocabulary

49/100

Grammar

78/100

Very repetitive120 words · 36 unique

Regional dialect

Mexico

Standard Mexican Spanish

Key vocabulary

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  • venirVERB

    to come (move toward the speaker's location); to arrive

    "Mi amigo viene al campo mañana."

    My friend is coming to the field tomorrow.

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  • afueraADV

    out, outside

    "Los polluelos juegan afuera en la primavera."

    The chicks play outside in the spring.

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  • cantarVERB

    to sing

    "El gallo canta cada mañana."

    The rooster sings every morning.

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  • arcoNOUN

    bow

    "El arco es grande y de color rojo."

    The bow is big and red in color.

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  • primaveraNOUN

    spring

    "En primavera, todo es verde en el campo."

    In spring, everything is green in the field.

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  • gustarVERB

    translated as "to like", analyzable in structure as "to please" [with dative...

    "Me gusta ver la gallina y el gallo."

    I like to see the hen and the rooster.

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  • gallinaNOUN

    hen

    "La gallina tiene polluelos pequeños."

    The hen has small chicks.

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  • galloNOUN

    rooster, cock

    "El gallo es grande y canta afuera."

    The rooster is big and sings outside.

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