Hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo

Spanish online reading and listening practice - level B1

What do you do when May the 40th comes round? Confused? You won't be after you read about the meaning of this Spanish saying. This reading and listening exercise can help you practise the relative que, la pasiva refleja, and the impersonal se.

Exercise: Hasta el cuarenta de mayo no te quites el sayo

Listen the audio, then read the transcript. Click any phrase for the translation and links to related grammar lessons which you can add to your KwizIQ notebook to practise later. Text by Silvia Píriz and audio by Inma Sánchez.

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