{"id":10158,"date":"2026-05-30T16:53:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T16:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.realspanish.eu\/blog\/uncategorized\/un-trocito-de-real-spanish-que-verguenza-transcripcion\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T16:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T16:48:19","slug":"un-trocito-de-real-spanish-que-verguenza-transcripcion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realspanish.eu\/en\/un-trocito-de-real-spanish-que-verguenza-transcripcion\/","title":{"rendered":"Un trocito de Real Spanish: \"\u00a1Qu\u00e9 verg\u00fcenza!\""},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=\"\"]<iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_UJrE2CqQ0g?si=G4LhCa6F6O3izhRS\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Un trocito de Real Spanish: <\/strong><strong>\u00a1Es una chapuza! <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This video is one of our \u201cTrocitos de Real Spanish\u201d \u2014 short clips from our Spanish lessons to help you get used to real, everyday Spanish.<\/p>\n<p>A <em>trocito<\/em> literally means \u201ca little piece\u201d of something \u2014 usually something you can eat, like <em>un trocito de queso<\/em> (\u201ca little piece of cheese\u201d).<\/p>\n<p>In this Trocito, we take a look at part of our full lesson \u201c\u00a1Es una chapuza!\u201d (\u201cWhat a botched job!\u201d), from our course <em>Spanish with News and Documentaries 1: Interviews and Reports<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The lesson is all about Spain\u2019s artistic heritage \u2014 and what happens when a restoration goes so badly wrong that it becomes a national embarrassment. Some of these stories were so shocking that they even made the news in other countries.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s more! You\u2019ll also come across one of the most famous Spanish \u201cfalse friends\u201d: <em>embarazada<\/em> does not mean \u201cembarrassed\u201d... although you probably already knew that!<\/p>\n<p><em>Note: This transcript has been slightly updated to reflect our current courses and resources, so the video may differ slightly from the text.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm 0cm 6pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 18.4px; color: #000000;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/realspanish.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Chapuza-transcript.pdf\"><br \/>\nView or download the transcript (PDF)<br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Links to related articles<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.com.es\/historia\/actualidad\/leyenda-San-jorge-sant-jordi-y-dragon_12574\/3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>La leyenda de San Jorge y el drag\u00f3n<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2018\/dec\/28\/how-monkey-christ-brought-new-life-to-a-quiet-spanish-town\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How 'Monkey Christ' brought new life to a quiet Spanish town<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/elpais.com\/elpais\/2019\/02\/19\/icon_design\/1550585771_852074.html#?id_externo_nwl=newsletter_diaria_manana20190221m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10 restauraciones de edificios en Espa\u00f1a que todos lamentan y ya no tienen vuelta atr\u00e1s<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/jun\/21\/botched-spanish-statue-st-george-lovingly-unrestored\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Botched Spanish statue that went viral is lovingly unrestored<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/english.elpais.com\/arts\/2020-11-13\/spains-latest-ecce-homo-how-a-botched-restoration-made-global-headlines.html#?sma=newsletter_inenglish20201113m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spain\u2019s latest \u2018Ecce Homo\u2019: how a botched restoration made global headlines<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2020\/nov\/10\/spanish-statue-bodge-up-is-a-new-rival-to-borjas-monkey-christ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spanish statue bodge-up is a new rival to Borja's Monkey Christ<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Curious about the two works of art that ended up becoming a national embarrassment?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>All is revealed in the full lesson from our course <strong>Spanish with News and Documentaries 1: Interviews and Reports<\/strong>. You\u2019ll also get the grammar worksheet and all the other lesson materials.\u00a0<strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/realspanish.eu\/en\/spanish-online-courses\/\">Try a free lesson today!\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Not ready to commit to a full course?\u00a0 <strong><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/realspanish.eu\/en\/spanish-perfectionists\/\">Try a free lesson<\/a> <\/strong>from <em>Real Spanish for Perfectionists<\/em>, our new series of ebooks + videos.<\/p>\n<p>As Carmen says, \u201cembarazada\u201d and \u201cembarrassed\u201d are a classic example of the many false friends between Spanish and English. Can you think of any others? I\u2019m sure you can\u2014<a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/realspanish.eu\/contact\"><strong>s<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">hare in the comments!<\/span><\/strong><\/a> You can also leave us a comment, suggestion, or question. 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