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🍷 Chapter 10 · A2 — Exercise 5: A Late-Night Sobremesa
It's midnight, there's wine, and your Spanish friend Elena is asking the real questions — in Spanish.
Deep conversation is the final frontier of any language. Opinions, emotions, identity — tonight you go there. This is what real fluency feels like.
Phase 1 of 3 — Vocabulary
Words you need to know
Study these 10 expressions. You'll use them to talk about home, identity and what makes life worth it.
la sobremesa
→
post-meal table talk
la madrugada
→
the early hours / small hours
echar de menos
→
to miss (home, people)
el hogar
→
home (heartfelt sense)
quedarse
→
to stay / remain
sincero/a
→
sincere / honest
el brindis
→
the toast (raising glasses)
merecer la pena
→
to be worth it
en el fondo
→
deep down
el sueño
→
dream / sleep