Tongue twisterWarm-up
Spanish
SpanishComo poco coco como, poco coco compro.
Meaning: A bouncy 'co' drill — the word order and meaning flip with each repetition.
Literally: As little coconut as I eat, little coconut I buy.
Origin: A classic Spanish word-play twister; like a linguistic tongue-wrestle.
More Spanish tongue twisters
- El perro de San Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha robado. A rolled-'r' workout — every word demands the vibrating trill.
- Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril; rápido ruedan los carros sobre los rieles del ferrocarril. The definitive Spanish rr drill — unrelenting double-r from start to finish.
- Parangaricutirimícuaro Not a sentence but a single word — a legendary 22-letter pronunciation challenge from a r…
- Pablito clavó un clavito, ¿qué clavito clavó Pablito? A bouncy drill on the 'cl' cluster.
- Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal. A relentless run on the 'tr' sound.
- El cielo está enladrillado, ¿quién lo desenladrillará? A brutal test of the rolled 'r' and 'l'.
Explore another collection: Idioms
Colorful expressions from dozens of languages, with their word-for-word translations.
- Costar un ojo de la cara To be outrageously expensive.
- No hay tu tía There's no way around it; nothing can be done.
- Estar de Rodríguez To be a husband left working in town while the family is on holiday.
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