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Churros in Seville: Spanish and English reading

This edited bilingual companion follows Lucía and Montse through four churro stops, a parking problem and a photo challenge. It condenses their dialogue and keeps the jokes; it is not a word-for-word transcript. Prices, opening times and parking conditions describe their visit, rather than guaranteed current offers. The scores and rankings are their personal opinions. Songs and lyrics are omitted. Open a timestamp to hear the original section.

0:00 — A churro challenge

Spanish: ¿Sabéis qué son los churros? A mí me encantan. Me preguntaba cuáles son los mejores de mi ciudad, así que he llamado a una amiga para ir a comer churros.

English: Do you know what churros are? I love them. I was wondering which are the best in my city, so I called a friend to go and eat churros.

0:33 — Four breakfasts

Spanish: Ella es mi amiga Montse. ¿Has desayunado? No. ¡Muy bien! Hoy vamos a ir a cuatro churrerías y a puntuar los churros de cada sitio.

English: This is my friend Montse. Have you had breakfast? No. Great! Today we’re going to four churro shops and giving the churros at each place a score.

Spanish: ¿Cuatro? Sí, vamos a comer muchos churros. ¡A las dos nos encantan!

English: Four? Yes, we’re going to eat lots of churros. We both love them!

1:10 — Recommendations

Spanish: Montse recomienda los de Virgen de Luján. Mi madre recomienda el quiosco de la Macarena y Doña Carmen, en San Eloy, donde les gustaba desayunar a mis abuelos.

English: Montse recommends the ones at Virgen de Luján. My mother recommends the Macarena kiosk and Doña Carmen on San Eloy, where my grandparents liked having breakfast.

Spanish: En Sevilla también se llaman calentitos. Mi madre dice que esa palabra se va perdiendo.

English: In Seville they are also called calentitos. My mother says that word is becoming less common.

1:53 — Cash first

Spanish: Vamos primero al banco para sacar dinero, porque no sé si podremos pagar con tarjeta. He sacado veinte euros y voy corriendo a por Montse, que está mal aparcada.

English: Let’s go to the bank first to withdraw some money, because I don’t know whether we’ll be able to pay by card. I’ve withdrawn twenty euros and I’m running back to Montse, who’s badly parked.

Spanish: Ya tengo dinero. Ahora viene lo complicado: encontrar aparcamiento en el centro de Sevilla.

English: I have money now. Here comes the difficult part: finding somewhere to park in central Seville.

2:30 — The Macarena stop

Spanish: Ahí está la Puerta de la Macarena. La churrería es el quiosco. ¡Qué de cola, qué de gente! Ya hemos aparcado y vamos a por el primer desayuno.

English: There’s the Macarena Gate. The churro shop is the kiosk. What a queue—so many people! We’ve parked and we’re going for our first breakfast.

Spanish: Vamos a hacer cuatro desayunos. ¿Cómo acabaremos? ¡Llenas, muy llenas! Yo creo que hoy no podré almorzar. ¡A tope!

English: We’re going to have four breakfasts. How will we end up? Full—very full! I don’t think I’ll be able to have lunch today. Let’s go all out!

3:47 — Two churro styles

Spanish: ¿Cuáles son tus favoritos: los de papa o los de rueda? A las dos nos gustan los de papa porque nos parecen más crujientes.

English: Which are your favourites: the papa-style ones or the wheel-style ones? We both like the papa-style ones because we find them crunchier.

Spanish: Según el lugar de España, los nombres cambian. Aquí estamos comparando dos estilos de churros, no traduciendo el nombre como si fuera una lista de ingredientes.

English: The names change depending on the place in Spain. Here we’re comparing two styles of churros, rather than translating the name as though it were an ingredient list.

4:27 — Prices and a sugar joke

Spanish: La lista anuncia una ración mínima de ciento veinticinco gramos por un euro con sesenta y un vaso de chocolate por dos euros con veinte.

English: The price list advertises a minimum serving of one hundred and twenty-five grams for one euro sixty and a cup of chocolate for two euros twenty.

Spanish: Pedimos azúcar. El señor bromea que, a su edad, tiene de todo: azúcar, colesterol… ¡Gracias por el azúcar para los churros!

English: We ask for sugar. The man jokes that, at his age, he has everything: blood sugar problems, cholesterol… Thanks for the sugar for the churros!

5:17 — Thick chocolate

Spanish: Este chocolate caliente no es como un batido: es muy espeso, denso, dulce y caliente. Lucía prefiere mojar los churros en azúcar; también se pueden mojar en chocolate.

English: This hot chocolate isn’t like a milkshake: it’s very thick, dense, sweet and hot. Lucía prefers dipping the churros in sugar; you can also dip them in chocolate.

Spanish: Después de los churros, nos bebemos el chocolate. Hace tanto frío que el vaso nos sirve para calentarnos las manos.

English: After the churros, we drink the chocolate. It’s so cold that the cup helps warm our hands.

6:04 — A heart-shaped photo

Spanish: Tenemos una misión secundaria: hacer una foto en cada churrería. Con las cuatro fotos juntas queremos formar un corazón de churros.

English: We have a side mission: take a photo at each churro shop. With all four photos together, we want to make a heart out of churros.

Spanish: ¡Vaya churro de foto! Misión uno completada. Ahora hay que comerse los churros.

English: What a mess of a photo! Mission one completed. Now we have to eat the churros.

6:50 — First tasting and score

Spanish: Montse los prueba con chocolate. ¡Qué ricos y qué crujientes! Lucía señala lo caliente que está el chocolate: se ve el vapor.

English: Montse tries them with chocolate. Delicious and crunchy! Lucía points out how hot the chocolate is: you can see the steam.

Spanish: Nos los hemos acabado todos. ¿Qué nota les ponemos? Un nueve. Ahora tenemos que darnos prisa porque, según Lucía, los otros sitios cierran pronto esa mañana.

English: We’ve finished them all. What score shall we give them? Nine. Now we need to hurry because, according to Lucía, the other places close early that morning.

9:14 — Parking and crossing the road

Spanish: Nos hemos metido en un parking porque no había sitio en la calle. Si hacemos la compra necesaria en el supermercado, el parking nos sale gratis en esta visita.

English: We’ve gone into a car park because there was no space on the street. If we make the required purchase at the supermarket, the parking works out free on this visit.

Spanish: Nos quedan dos horas para ir a tres churrerías. Vamos a cruzar por este paso de cebra.

English: We have two hours left to visit three churro shops. Let’s cross at this pedestrian crossing.

10:01 — Calentería San Pablo

Spanish: Hemos llegado a Calentería San Pablo. Calentería viene de calentitos. Pedimos churros de rueda con chocolate; Lucía dice que cuesta tres euros con sesenta.

English: We’ve arrived at Calentería San Pablo. Calentería comes from calentitos. We order wheel-style churros with chocolate; Lucía says it costs three euros sixty.

Spanish: Me gustan más tostaditos porque están más crujientes. El chocolate está muy bueno; nos gusta más que el del primer sitio.

English: I like them more browned because they’re crunchier. The chocolate is very good; we like it more than the chocolate at the first place.

11:02 — Getting full

Spanish: ¡Qué comilona soy! Ahora nos quedan dos churrerías y todavía tenemos que hacer la foto del corazón.

English: What a big eater I am! We still have two churro shops left and we still need to take the heart photo.

Spanish: Estoy empezando a estar muy llena, pero nos los hemos comido todos. A este sitio le ponemos un ocho: el chocolate nos gusta más, pero los primeros churros nos gustaron más.

English: I’m starting to feel very full, but we’ve eaten them all. We give this place eight: we prefer its chocolate, but we preferred the first churros.

12:36 — Doña Carmen

Spanish: Ahora vamos a Doña Carmen, la churrería favorita de mis abuelos. Recuerdo venir con mi abuela. Por fin conseguimos una mesa y pedimos una mini ración.

English: Now we’re going to Doña Carmen, my grandparents’ favourite churro shop. I remember coming with my grandmother. We finally get a table and order a small portion.

Spanish: ¡Qué mono este churro! Está crujiente y la masa es diferente. Hacemos otra parte del corazón y, sorprendentemente, todavía podemos seguir comiendo.

English: This churro is so cute! It’s crunchy and the dough is different. We make another part of the heart and, surprisingly, we can still keep eating.

14:23 — The third score

Spanish: A Montse le han parecido un siete. Lucía les daría un ocho. ¿Lo dejamos en siete y medio entre las dos?

English: Montse thought they deserved seven. Lucía would give them eight. Shall we settle on seven and a half between us?

14:50 — Shopping and delays

Spanish: Montse va al baño de la planta menos uno. Yo compro harina, higos secos y pasta de dientes, que se me ha acabado.

English: Montse goes to the toilet on floor minus one. I buy flour, dried figs and toothpaste, which I’ve run out of.

Spanish: Al final tenemos que comprar veinte euros para conseguir el parking gratis. Pero la máquina no funciona: ¡hemos aparcado aquí para ganar tiempo y estamos perdiéndolo!

English: In the end, we need to spend twenty euros to get free parking. But the machine isn’t working: we parked here to save time and we’re wasting it!

16:30 — The last stop

Spanish: ¿Tienes ganas de más churros? Estos son los últimos del día… ¡Del día y del mes! Casi que del año.

English: Do you feel like more churros? These are the last ones of the day… Of the day and the month! Maybe even the year.

Spanish: Llegamos a Virgen de Luján a las doce y treinta y ocho. Al ver una señal de perros prohibidos, Lucía bromea: «No pueden entrar perras».

English: We arrive at Virgen de Luján at twelve thirty-eight. Seeing a no-dogs sign, Lucía jokes: “No bitches allowed.”

17:13 — No dough, but a gift

Spanish: Ya no tienen masa para hacer más churros. Hemos venido muy tarde. Pero el personal nos regala algunos que quedaban hechos. ¡No me lo puedo creer!

English: They have no dough left to make more churros. We’ve come very late. But the staff give us some that were already made. I can’t believe it!

Spanish: Como van a cerrar, nos los comemos fuera. ¡Muchísimas gracias!

English: Since they’re about to close, we eat them outside. Thank you so much!

17:47 — Delicious even when cold

Spanish: Están muy crujientes y ricos, y eso que están fríos y no tenemos ni azúcar ni chocolate. Lucía dice que tienen más masa por dentro.

English: They’re very crunchy and tasty, even though they’re cold and we have neither sugar nor chocolate. Lucía says they have more dough inside.

Spanish: Nos dijeron que no había masa, pusimos cara de pena y nos regalaron los churros que quedaban. ¡Les puse esta carita! No te comas el último: tenemos que hacer la foto.

English: They told us there was no dough, we put on sad faces and they gave us the remaining churros. I gave them this little face! Don’t eat the last one: we need to take the photo.

18:55 — A playful final score

Spanish: Estamos encantadas con los churros regalados. Lucía propone un nueve de sabor y un diez por el regalo: nueve y medio en total.

English: We’re delighted with the free churros. Lucía suggests nine for flavour and ten for the gift: nine and a half overall.

Spanish: Ahora falta el ranking final. Pero primero, ¡dadle un aplauso a Montse por comer tantos churros!

English: Now we still need the final ranking. But first, give Montse a round of applause for eating so many churros!

19:54 — Montse’s ranking

Spanish: Para Montse, primero va la Macarena; segundo, San Pablo; tercero, Virgen de Luján; y cuarto, Doña Carmen.

English: For Montse, first is Macarena; second, San Pablo; third, Virgen de Luján; and fourth, Doña Carmen.

Spanish: Algunos churros de Doña Carmen le parecieron pastosos y se le quedaban pegados en el cielo de la boca. Es su opinión de lo que probaron ese día.

English: Some of the Doña Carmen churros seemed doughy to her and stuck to the roof of her mouth. That’s her opinion of what they tried that day.

20:38 — Lucía’s ranking

Spanish: Para Lucía, primero va Virgen de Luján; segundo, Doña Carmen; tercero, la Macarena; y cuarto, San Pablo.

English: For Lucía, first is Virgen de Luján; second, Doña Carmen; third, Macarena; and fourth, San Pablo.

Spanish: ¡Estaban todos muy buenos! Le encantó que les regalasen churros. Son sus preferencias personales, y no tienen que coincidir con las de Montse.

English: They were all very good! She loved being given free churros. These are her personal preferences, and they don’t have to match Montse’s.

21:18 — The photo and goodbye

Spanish: Vamos a ver cómo ha quedado nuestro corazón de churros. ¡Qué bonita la foto! Mejor de lo que pensábamos, con lo que nos ha costado.

English: Let’s see how our churro heart turned out. What a lovely photo! Better than we thought, considering how much effort it took.

Spanish: Ahora vamos a tumbarnos un rato en el parque y hacer la digestión. Podéis ver más vídeos para aprender español conmigo. ¡Hasta pronto!

English: Now we’re going to lie down in the park for a while and digest our food. You can watch more videos to learn Spanish with me. See you soon!

Useful words and expressions

  • churrería / calentería / calentitos: Churro shop / local name for a churro shop / Andalusian name for churros. Calentito also has other ordinary meanings in context.
  • churros de papa / de rueda: The local names used for the two styles they compare. Keep the style names rather than automatically translating them as potato ingredients.
  • puntuar / poner una nota / ranking: Give a score / give a mark or score / ordered ranking. Their provisional shared scores and final personal rankings are separate.
  • ir a por / sacar dinero / pagar con tarjeta: Go to get something, common in Spain / withdraw money here / pay by card.
  • hacer cola / qué de gente: Queue (US: stand in line) / so many people, an informal exclamation.
  • aparcamiento / aparcar / parking: Parking or a place to park / park / car park (US: parking garage here).
  • llena / comilona / a tope: Full after eating / big eater (feminine) / all out or full of enthusiasm here.
  • ración / vaso / espeso / batido: Serving / cup or glass / thick / milkshake in this scene.
  • mojar en chocolate / mojar en azúcar: Dip in chocolate / dip or coat in sugar here. You do not need a liquid for the second expression in this food context.
  • azúcar: the joke: The request means sugar for the churros. The man jokingly hears it as blood sugar trouble and lists ailments; this is wordplay, not a diagnosis.
  • un churro de foto: A badly made photo: churro can colloquially mean a botched job, creating a pun with the food.
  • humo / vapor: Smoke / steam. Lucía says humo above the hot chocolate; what the scene shows is steam.
  • crujiente / tostadito / masa: Crunchy or crispy / nicely browned in this fried-food scene / dough.
  • nos sale gratis / ganar tiempo / perder tiempo: It works out free for us / save time / waste time. The parking condition belongs to this visit.
  • paso de cebra / planta menos uno: Pedestrian or zebra crossing / floor minus one, below ground level here.
  • harina / higos secos / pasta de dientes: Flour / dried figs / toothpaste.
  • se me ha acabado / se han quedado sin masa: I’ve run out of it / they’ve run out of dough.
  • mono / cara de pena / regalar: Cute here / sad or pleading face / give as a gift or for free here.
  • perras: the joke: Female dogs; it can also mean bitches as an insult. Lucía applies the no-dogs sign to herself and her friend as a joke. It does not mean the sign excludes only female dogs.
  • rellenito por dentro: More solid or less hollow inside here. The scene does not show a separate cream or chocolate filling.
  • y eso que / pastoso / cielo de la boca: Even though / doughy or pasty / roof of the mouth, also called paladar.
  • con lo que nos ha costado / tumbarnos: Considering the effort it took us here, rather than a money price / lie down.

The RAE records calentito as an Andalusian word for churro and churro as a colloquial word for a botched job, which explains the photo joke.

Watch one short scene without pausing. Summarise it in one Spanish sentence, then replay it and collect two expressions. Make your own ranking of four foods and explain one preference with porque.

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