Lesson 11 - Ropa (Clothes)
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This page: Practice describing clothing in Spanish with this Fashion Show Dialogue.

fashion show

Desfile de Moda
(Fashion Show)

Dialogue Lesson

Key Vocabulary

The following is a list of key vocabulary that you will need to know to understand the lesson. Click on the word to hear the pronunciation.

► bienvenido (bienvenida) = welcome*
► desfile de moda (m) = fashion show (literally, "parade of fashion")
► modelo (m/f) = model**
► estilo (m) = style
► oficina (f) = office
► de tacón alto = high-heeled (literally, "of heel high")
► fiesta (f) = party
► apropiado (apropiada) = appropriate Note that there is no double P at the beginning and no R after the second P in Spanish, unlike English.
► evento (m) = event
► formal = formal
► casual = casual
► beige = beige This is an anglicism (word borrowed from English).
► tenis (m) = tennis shoes You can also say "zapatos de tenis."
► dama (f) = lady
► caballero (m) = gentleman

*Bienvenido is an adjective and therefore needs to agree in number (singular/plural) and gender (masculine/feminine) with the people you are welcoming. When addressing a crowd, as in this dialogue, you will use the plural form Bienvenidos. If you were addressing a woman, for example, you would say, Bienvenida and with a group of all women you would say Bienvenidas.

**The word modelo refers to a male or female model. Unlike other words that end in an O, it is not changed to an A with a woman. You would, however, use a feminine definite or indefinite article.

Él es un modelo. = He is a model.
Ella es una modelo. = She is a model.

Practice

Section 1
Select the correct translation.

Listening

Listen to the dialogue and identify each model. You may need to listen more than once.

► Listen to the dialogue

Dialogue

Now read the dialogue.

► Listen to the dialogue

Bienvenidos a nuestro desfile de moda. Aquí está la primera modelo. Lupe lleva una blusa amarilla, pantalones rojos y zapatos cafés. Gracias, Lupe.

La próxima modelo es Verónica con uno de nuestros estilos para la oficina. Lleva una falda negra, una blusa roja y zapatos negros de tacón alto. Gracias, Verónica.

Nuestra próxima modelo, Aurora, está lista para una fiesta. Lleva un hermoso vestido rojo y zapatos morados. Gracias Aurora.

Aquí está nuestro modelo Antonio con un traje apropiado para la oficina o un evento formal. Lleva un saco y pantalón negro con una camisa blanca, una corbata roja y zapatos negros.

Nuestro modelo Enrique es más casual con pantalones beige, una camisa blanca, un suéter negro y tenis negros. Gracias damas y caballeros.

Dictation

Dictations are great for practicing listening and spelling in Spanish. Click on "Listen" to hear the dictation of a sentence. The sentence will be read once quickly and then repeated slowly with pauses to write the words. Write the sentence in the textbox. Click on "Check" to check your answer. Don't forget to use correct capitalization, accents and punctuation, or the computer will mark it as incorrect.