El perro de San Roque no tiene rabo porque Ramón Ramírez se lo ha robado.

Meaning: A rolled-'r' workout — every word demands the vibrating trill.

Literally: Saint Roque's dog has no tail because Ramón Ramírez has stolen it.

Origin: A beloved Spanish-speaking world drill for mastering the rolled r.

More Spanish tongue twisters

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'.
Como poco coco como, poco coco compro. A bouncy 'co' drill — the word order and meaning flip with each repetition.

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

Sopa Actually means 'soup'. Soap is jabón.
Once Actually means 'eleven'. For once (one time), say una vez.
Vaso Actually means 'a drinking glass'. A vase (for flowers) is un jarrón or florero.

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