Spanish Liverpool.

That was a funny commercial about the influence of Spanish players, especially Fernando Torres, on the city of Liverpool. But next, the real life:

armband = braçalet

lad = man

na nar = (uuhm, that’s difficult…) na na

And to listen to Fernando Torres song click here.

Fernando Torres, “The Kid”.

And here’s another Spaniard succeeding away from Spain!

season = temporada

score = marcar gol

improve = millorar

disappointing = decebedor, decepcionant

keep going = continuar

aware = conscient

trophy = trofeu

match = in this context, igualar

so far = per ara, fins ara

target = objectiu

well done! = ben fet!

And the Oscar goes to… Javier Bardem!

I’m sure one day I will hear many of you speak English as well as Bardem does!

heads or tails = cara o creu

Rafa Nadal.

congratulations = felicitats

right now = ara mateix

for sure = segur

a long time = molt de temps

Penelope Cruz and grapes

Here you have our Penelope explaining in an excellent English our tradition about eating grapes on New Year’s Eve.

You can notice she still pronounces “in eSpain”.

The interviewer also makes a joke about the way she pronounces dinghy(barca neumàtica) However, her English is beautiful and fluent.

Learn English with Franco

This is just chapter one of a series of ineffable weirdoes (strange or potentially dangerous person) speaking English.