El cielo está enladrillado, ¿quién lo desenladrillará?

Meaning: A brutal test of the rolled 'r' and 'l'.

Literally: The sky is bricked; who will un-brick it?

Origin: An advanced Spanish twister.

More Spanish tongue twisters

Como poco coco como, poco coco compro. A bouncy 'co' drill — the word order and meaning flip with each repetition.
Pepe Pecas pica papas con un pico. ¿Con qué pico pica papas Pepe Pecas? A bouncy 'p' cluster that accelerates with the question at the end.
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.
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.

Words that look familiar in another language but mean something else entirely.

Lectura Actually means 'reading'. A lecture is una conferencia.
Compromiso Actually means 'commitment', 'obligation', or 'engagement'. For a negotiated compromise,…
Gracioso Actually means 'funny' or 'amusing'. For gracious (kind and polite), say amable.

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