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Anabel

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82 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

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Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

El ejemplo es No pude comprar la camisa que quería porque estaba agotada.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

The translation is I couldn't buy the shirt I wanted because there was no stock or because it was out of stock.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

So here, agotada, which agrees with camisa, then is used as out of stock.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

Genial, buen trabajo.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

Ahora vamos a ver nuestro siguiente chiste.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

And we level up a bit and for the next joke we need some very basic knowledge of chemistry.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

But nothing too fancy, don't worry.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

And what I like about this joke is that now we don't have a play on words.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

But the funny bit is in the pronunciation.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

So listen carefully.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

¿Cómo se despiden los químicos?

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

How do chemists say goodbye?

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

Well, the pun is ácido, un placer.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

Ácido means acid, a substance that may dissolve other materials.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

However, ha sido also sounds close to ha sido, as in, ha sido un placer.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

It has been a pleasure.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

Now, if my accent would have been different and I would have pronounced the zu sound as si, this joke will also work.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

Ha sido un placer.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

So, what I really like about this joke is that it proves that native speakers are going to understand you whether or not you pronounce the sound th.

Coffee Break Spanish
Can you get these 3 Spanish jokes? (Anabel explains why they're funny)

Es genial, ¿no crees?