
Spanish dialogue with translation · B2 · 18 lines
Va Dani y se arrodilla delante de todos Dani goes and gets down on one knee in front of everyone
Comic · 18 panels

- Lucía
¡Ana, por fin! Siéntate, que lo de anoche no te lo vas a creer.
Ana, finally! Sit down, because you're not going to believe what happened last night.

- Ana
Cuenta, cuenta. Me fui a las once y ahora me muero de curiosidad.
Tell me, tell me. I left at eleven, and now I'm dying of curiosity.

- Lucía
En mitad del brindis, va Dani y se arrodilla delante de todos para pedirle matrimonio a Noelia. ¡Y la alianza de su abuela la llevaba yo en el bolso, porque me había pedido que se la guardara!
In the middle of the toast, Dani goes and gets down on one knee in front of everyone to propose to Noelia. And I had his grandmother's wedding ring in my bag, because he'd asked me to keep it for him!

- Ana
¡No! Si hasta hace nada Dani presumía de soltería y no quería ni oír hablar de sentar la cabeza.
No way! Just the other day Dani was bragging about being single and didn't even want to hear about settling down.

- Lucía
Pues ya ves. Noelia se hizo de rogar un buen rato, como si lo estuviera pensando. Total que dijo que sí, y ahora lloramos todos.
Well, there you go. Noelia played hard to get for a good while, as if she were thinking it over. Long story short, she said yes, and now we're all crying.

- Ana
Me alegro un montón. Pero antes de irme oí que Dani se había liado con una compañera de trabajo.
I'm so happy. But before I left, I heard that Dani had hooked up with a coworker.

- Lucía
Un bulo de la prima de Noelia, que lleva meses dando la lata con eso. Soltó que Dani había sido infiel y armó un lío en mitad de la fiesta.
A false rumor from Noelia's cousin, who's been bugging everyone about it for months. She blurted out that Dani had been unfaithful and caused a scene in the middle of the party.

- Ana
Alucino. ¿Dani, infiel? ¡Ni de coña! No le pondría los cuernos a nadie.
I can't believe it. Dani, unfaithful? No way! He'd never cheat on anyone.

- Lucía
Noelia le echó la bronca a la prima y se acabó el lío. Pero el que estaba en otro mundo era Pablo: está colado por Raquel, la hermana de Noelia, y se pasó la noche tirándole los tejos.
Noelia chewed out her cousin, and that was the end of the fuss. But the one who was in another world was Pablo: he has a crush on Raquel, Noelia's sister, and spent the whole night hitting on her.

- Ana
¿Pablo? ¡Si de ligón no tiene nada! Es un cielo, pero con una copa se vuelve un pelma.
Pablo? But he's no player at all! He's a sweetheart, but after one drink he turns into a bore.

- Lucía
Anoche perdió la cabeza. Se enrolló media hora con el tema de los trenes y cada dos por tres le preguntaba si quería otra copa.
Last night he lost his head. He went on and on about trains for half an hour and kept asking her every five minutes if she wanted another drink.

- Ana
Pobre Raquel. ¿Y ella qué hacía?
Poor Raquel. And what was she doing?

- Lucía
Aguantaba con una sonrisa. Pero lo peor fue el karaoke, en el que Pablo coge el micrófono, canta una canción de amor y desafina en cada nota. La cosa iba de mal en peor.
She was putting up with it with a smile. But the worst part was the karaoke, where Pablo grabs the microphone, sings a love song and is off-key on every note. Things were going from bad to worse.

- Ana
Ay, no, que me da vergüenza ajena solo de imaginarlo.
Oh no, I'm cringing just imagining it.

- Lucía
Eso no es todo: al acabar quiso decirle algo bonito y empezó a tartamudear delante de todos. ¡Un bochorno! Hizo el ridículo como nadie.
That's not all: when he finished, he wanted to say something nice to her and started stuttering in front of everyone. How embarrassing! He made a fool of himself like nobody else.

- Ana
Dime que nadie sacó el móvil. Dudo que Pablo se haya atrevido a mirarla después.
Tell me nobody took out their phone. I doubt Pablo has dared to look at her since then.

- Lucía
Pues mira: lo lógico era que Raquel le diera calabazas, pero esta mañana le ha escrito ella primero, sin que él le dijera nada. Le propone un café el sábado.
Well, look: the logical thing was for Raquel to turn him down, but this morning she texted him first, without him saying anything to her. She's suggesting coffee on Saturday.

- Ana
¡Flipo! Pablo no se lo va a creer, aunque lo lea diez veces.
I'm blown away! Pablo isn't going to believe it, even if he reads it ten times.
Grammar for this text
Va Dani y se arrodilla delante de todos — last night's events are told in the present tense, so the story sounds more alive. va … y doesn't mean "goes" here; it's like English "he goes and…". More on this in the unit grammar. Total que dijo que sí — total que sums things up: "long story short". El karaoke, en el que Pablo coge el micrófono — "the karaoke, where Pablo grabs the mic": the preposition goes before el que (unit 4).
Me había pedido que se la guardara — guardara is the -ra form (imperfect subjunctive): after a request in the past, the verb after que takes this form: "he had asked me to keep it for him". The same goes for sin que él le dijera nada ("without him saying anything to her") and lo lógico era que Raquel le diera calabazas (diera is from dar). Como si lo estuviera pensando — como si + the -ra form: "as if" (unit 18).
Que lleva meses dando la lata con eso — llevar + time + gerund: "who's been bugging everyone about it for months". Se pasó la noche tirándole los tejos — the pronoun le is attached to the gerund; the stress stays on the same syllable, so a written accent appears: tirando + le = tirándole.
¡Si de ligón no tiene nada! — no tener nada de means "to be nothing like"; si at the start adds surprise, like "but" or "come on". No le pondría los cuernos a nadie — pondría is the conditional: "he would never cheat on anyone". Dudo que Pablo se haya atrevido — after a doubt, haya + past participle: "I doubt Pablo has dared". Aunque lo lea diez veces — aunque + subjunctive: "even if".
Words and grammar of the unit: Retell gossip from a party.
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