Tongue twisterFiendish
Spanish
Erre con erre cigarro, erre con erre barril; rápido ruedan los carros sobre los rieles del ferrocarril.
Meaning: The definitive Spanish rr drill — unrelenting double-r from start to finish.
Literally: R with r cigar, r with r barrel; quickly roll the carts over the railway rails.
Origin: The most famous Spanish tongue twister specifically designed to practise the trill.
More Spanish tongue twisters
- 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.
- 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.
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