Un Día En Español 21: A True Spartan
Ángel Raúl, no stranger to tests of athleticism, embarks on one of the biggest physical challenges of his life.
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Ángel Raúl has spent much of his life exercising, playing sports and strengthening his ability to face all sorts of physical challenges. But when he enters his first Spartan Race — an obstacle-filled carrera on the Hawaiian island of Oahu — it’s not just his body that’s put to the test, but his mental fortitude, too!
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Key Vocabulary
deportista | sporty |
el reto | challenge |
el ejército | army |
levantarse | to get up |
entrenar | to train |
hacer deporte | to exercise |
el tiempo libre | free time |
la carrera | race |
el resultado | score |
mentalizarse | to psych up |
el muro | wall |
la red | net |
el calambre | cramp |
Me duele. | It hurts (me). |
la silla de ruedas | wheelchair |
trepar | to climb |
aliviado/a | relieved |
el sueño | dream |
Dynamic Transcript
Show Notes
Un día en español is produced by the language experts at Babbel. The show is hosted by Sebastian Escobar. Editing and sound design by Iván Simonovis Pertiñez. Our producers are Carmela López, David Doochin, Laure Cesari and Ted Mentele.
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David is a native of Nashville and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied linguistics and history. Before Babbel he worked at Quizlet and Atlas Obscura. A geek for grammar and an editorial enthusiast, he speaks Spanish (and dabbles in German, Dutch, Afrikaans and Italian). When he’s not curating his Instagram meme collection, you can find him spending too much money on food and exploring new cities around the world.
David is a native of Nashville and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied linguistics and history. Before Babbel he worked at Quizlet and Atlas Obscura. A geek for grammar and an editorial enthusiast, he speaks Spanish (and dabbles in German, Dutch, Afrikaans and Italian). When he’s not curating his Instagram meme collection, you can find him spending too much money on food and exploring new cities around the world.
