Twelve Grapes at Puerta del Sol | Spanish A1
Read a Spanish A1 story about New Year's Eve grapes and clock chimes at Puerta del Sol in Madrid.
Doce uvas en la Puerta del Sol
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The story follows a scene at Puerta del Sol and explains the Spanish tradition of eating twelve grapes with the chimes.
El reloj de la Real Casa de Correos está en la plaza.
Normalmente, en Nochevieja, miles de personas se reúnen allí.
La tradición es comer doce uvas. La gente come una uva con cada campanada del reloj.
A las doce de la noche, el reloj da doce campanadas.
Yo estoy con mi amiga Ana. Antes de las doce, me preparo para las campanadas. Tengo doce uvas en una bolsa pequeña.
Ana y yo escuchamos el reloj. Una uva es grande y nos reímos.
Con la última campanada, nos abrazamos y decimos: «¡Feliz Año Nuevo!»
Ana se queda cerca del reloj. Yo miro las luces y a la gente en la plaza.
Las doce uvas son una tradición de Nochevieja en España.
Muchas familias ven las campanadas por televisión.
¿Te gustan las uvas? ¿Qué comes en Nochevieja? ¿Ves las campanadas por televisión?
About this article
What you'll learn
New Year's Eve vocabulary, location phrases, present tense, and reflexive verbs.
The story follows a scene at Puerta del Sol and explains the Spanish tradition of eating twelve grapes with the chimes.
After reading
Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
Add useful phrases to SRS or mark them as already known.
en Nochevieja
newon New Year's Eve
«En Nochevieja» means on New Year's Eve.
It helps you talk about events on New Year's Eve.
en la plaza
newin the square
«En» means in. «La plaza» means the square.
It helps you say where something is.
con cada campanada
newwith each chime
«Con» means with, and «cada» means each.
It helps you say that something happens with every sound or action.
por televisión
newon television
«Por televisión» means that something is watched on television.
It helps you say how you watch something.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
clock
reloj
clock
A «reloj» is a device that shows the time.
It is a basic word for talking about time and events.
chime
campanada
chime
A «campanada» is the sound of a clock or bell.
It helps you understand stories about time and celebrations.
grapes
uvas
grapes
«Uvas» is the plural of «uva». One «uva» is a grape.
It is a key word in the New Year's Eve tradition in the text.
bag
bolsa
bag
A «bolsa» is a bag for carrying things.
It helps you name something that holds other things.
lights
luces
lights
«Luces» is the plural of «luz», light.
It helps you describe a city at night or a celebration.
New Year's Eve
Nochevieja
New Year's Eve
«Nochevieja» is the night of 31 December, before the New Year.
It is a key word for talking about the end of the year in Spain.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
se reúnen
se reúnen
they gather
«Se reúnen» comes from «reunirse», to gather. «Se» comes before the verb, and «reúnen» is for they.
It helps you say that many people gather together.
me preparo
me preparo
I get ready
«Me preparo» means I get ready. «Me» comes before the verb for «yo».
It helps you say that you are getting ready for an event.
nos reímos
nos reímos
we laugh
«Nos reímos» comes from «reírse», to laugh. «Nos» goes with «nosotros» or «nosotras».
It helps you say that we laugh together.
nos abrazamos
nos abrazamos
we hug each other
«Nos abrazamos» comes from «abrazarse», to hug each other. «Nos» shows that the action involves us.
It helps you say that we hug each other.
se queda
se queda
she stays
«Se queda» comes from «quedarse», to stay. It is the form for one person.
It helps you say that one person stays somewhere.
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