VLOG · FREE TRAINER
La cocina en español
Watch me cook in Spanish at home. Then do the free trainer: 32 kitchen words from the video, with the real audio, in five steps.
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✓ Free · ✓ 10 to 15 minutes · ✓ Phone or laptop · ✓ César's real voice
FIRST, WATCH THE VLOG
Cooking in Spanish, at last
After a lot of procrastination, I finally film the vlog I wanted to make: cooking in Spanish. It isn't a cooking course and you don't need to follow the recipe step by step. It's a way to hear real kitchen Spanish, the utensils, the ingredients and the little expressions, while I cook at home. Something goes wrong in the first ten seconds.
Por fin, un vlog de cocina: el español de la cocina, de la sartén a «estar en su punto».
THEN, THE TRAINER
What's inside, step by step
Five steps, in order. You can repeat any of them, and getting things wrong is part of it.
PASO 1 · APRENDE
The key words from the video
Tap each photo to hear the word in my voice and see what it means: the utensils, the actions, the ingredients and the expressions.
PASO 2 · ESCUCHA
Tune your ear
Six real sentences from the video. Listen and type what I say. You can replay any clip or slow it down.
PASO 3 · AMPLÍA
The words you'll need next
The extra words for today's recipe: a tortilla. Tap a word to hear it.
PASO 4 · PRACTICA
Three levels, easy to hard
Match the words, then pick which word you hear, then choose the right word for the sentence. Start where you like and skip ahead when you're ready.
PASO 5 · UTILIZA
La tortilla imposible
Make the tortilla using what you've learnt. Your choices decide how it turns out: perfect, burnt, too salty or on the floor.
WHY IT WORKS
Real voices
Learn by doing
Every clip is cut from the vlog. You train on how Spanish actually sounds, at real speed, then slower if you need it.
You type, tap, match and choose. Using a word is what makes it stay.
Short on purpose
10 to 15 minutes, on your phone, while the vlog is still fresh in your head.
Words you'll learn
All the words come from the vlog. Read them now, listen for them while you watch, then lock them in with the trainer.
UTENSILIOS · UTENSILS
la sartén · frying pan
la olla · pot
el cuchillo · knife
la báscula · kitchen scale
el colador · colander
el plato · plate
ACCIONES · ACTIONS
cortar · to cut, to chop
sofreír · to sauté
hervir · to boil
colar · to drain
salpimentar · to salt and pepper
quemarse · to burn
pegarse · to stick
probar · to taste
dar la vuelta · to flip (over)
añadir · to add
INGREDIENTES · INGREDIENTS
el aceite · oil
la cebolla · onion
el apio · celery
la patata · potato
el huevo · egg
el ajo · garlic
la sal · salt
el pimiento · (bell) pepper
el bote · jar, tub, can
EXPRESIONES · EXPRESSIONS
costar un ojo de la cara · to cost a fortune
estar en su punto · to be just right
tener buena pinta · to look tasty
quedarse corto · to fall short
pasarse · to overdo it
a fuego lento · on a low heat
como los chorros del oro · spotless
Questions
Is it really free?
Yes. Enter your email and you go straight into the trainer, no link to wait for.
Will you email me?
Yes, you’ll get my emails about learning Spanish: new vlogs, episodes and the occasional course. You can unsubscribe with one click.
Do I need to watch the vlog first?
It works best that way. The trainer uses clips from the vlog, so you’ll recognise the voices and the moments.
Does it work on my phone?
Yes. It runs in your browser on a phone, tablet or laptop, with nothing to install. Headphones help for the listening step.