#13 - Why Latino Names Are So Long? 😮 Spanish Spelling Exercise

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Wondering why Latinos have such long names? 🤔

In this episode, you’ll learn the reason and practice a fun spelling exercise in Spanish using a real Latino name. 

Perfect for beginners who want to improve pronunciation and learn how to spell in Spanish with confidence. ¡Vamos! 

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Credit:
Audio fragment with the long Latino name taken from the video “Diego at the Bank” by the YouTube channel Awkward Puppets 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Not sure where to start your Spanish journey, then come
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dot com. Get ready when you ask a Latino the
following question, what's your name?

Speaker 2 (00:13):
Sir, Diego?

Speaker 3 (00:15):
I need your full name, sir.

Speaker 2 (00:16):
Are you ready? Yes, Diego, Raoul Gonzales, Matteo, Santiago Sebastian,
look as Benjamin Filippe Bruno, Leonardo Paquin, Lorenzo and Nacio Prodrigo,
Simon Mandez. Okay, is that all Cisco, Pablo Andreso.

Speaker 1 (00:29):
Why do Latinos have such long names? Let's find out
in this episode of Speaking Spanish four Beginners. Gital Majo Marco,
you're Latino. Spanish teacher in this episode will use a
long Latino name to practice spelling and Espanol, the name

(00:50):
of a famous Latina artist, and will also solve the
mystery of why we have such long names? Are you
ready for this.

Speaker 3 (01:00):
Babus?

Speaker 1 (01:03):
In most Spanish speaking countries, you'll notice long names in
Espanol numbers largos. That's because we normally have two names
and two last names. The number of names changes depending
on the country. It can be one's usually two, but
there are places with no legal limit. So that's how

(01:24):
some people have seven and even nine names. That's a
crazy situation, but usually it's two names and two surnames.
The surnames are the father's and the mother's last names.
The order changes depending on the country. In some places
it can be the mother's verse, but it's usually the

(01:44):
fathers verse and then the mother's. So that's place how
we end up with names that sound like.

Speaker 2 (01:49):
Diego Raul Gonzales, Matteo Santiago.

Speaker 1 (01:53):
And what if the father and the mother have the
same surname, then the surname is repeated twice. That's the
case of the actress Sophia Bergada. Her full name is
Sophia Margharita Bergada, Beergada, yep, Pergada twice. And it's not
that her parents are from Alabama. It's just that some

(02:14):
last names are so common that it is not unusual
to see someone named Bergada, Bergada or Gonzalez Gonzalez. So
now it's send to practice spelling with a Latino full name. First,
let's review the alphabet en Espanol. Repeat after me to
practice bamos A ah P B C C D the

(02:42):
B A F, F G hey h I e j utah.

Speaker 2 (02:55):
Ok go.

Speaker 3 (02:58):
L l m amy n any oh oh p b
Q who R s s c T the u oh

(03:19):
the oub w u.

Speaker 1 (03:24):
X A kis.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yga z zeta.

Speaker 1 (03:32):
And there is an extra letter in Spanish la letra anyi,
which looks like an N with a til day over
it that we're signed above the N. That letter has
its own name in Spanish and is called an ye,
and that's how it's pronounced, as in a spaniel. Okay,

(03:54):
now that you know the alphabet, let's practice. I'll spell
a full Latino name and you have to get who
this person is. Is a famous artist. She has one
name and two last names. And here is a little clue,
A yes, the Columbia. Ready, here we go. Numbre name

(04:17):
say ah ra oh l a e an a ah
abegido paternal paternal surname hey e ra a l a
the oh abeggio maternal maternal surname an a ah oub

(04:41):
ah ray ray.

Speaker 3 (04:43):
Oh.

Speaker 1 (04:44):
Do you have it? Let me repeat it one more time.
Number say ah ara oh l a e an a
ah abeggio paternal hey e are ah l a the

(05:05):
oh abeggido materno ane ah oube ah ray ray, oh
do you have it now? I'll give you a few
seconds to think of your answer. Let's see the full

(05:28):
Latino name I just said. Is Carolina Hieraldo Navarro And
who is it? It's Carol D. A big change from
Carolina Geraldo Navarro to just Carol D. And that's all
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