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¡Hoy es miércoles melado!   (Today is honey-colored Wednesday!)

La fecha es el veintidós (22) de abril del año dos mil veintiséis. (The date is April 22, 2026.)

El postre de la semana es:   bolas de fraile.   (The dessert of the week is:    friar’s balls.) 

Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile are fans of the German-heritage treat bolas de fraile (also known as berlinesas, pan caliente, and suspiro de monjas). These fried donut balls are topped with sugar and filled with dulce de leche or pastry cream.

Para preparar las bolas de fraile necesitamos:     (To prepare bolas de fraile, we need:)

agua	(water)
levadura fresca	(fresh yeast)
harina	(flour)
margarina	(margarine)
huevos a temperatura ambiente	(room-temperature eggs)
esencia de vainilla	(vanilla essence/extract)
ralladura de limón o naranja	(lemon or orange peel)

Let’s accompany an Argentine chef in this three-minute video receta (recipe) as she prepares bolas de fraile with dulce de leche. ¡Qué dulce! (How sweet!)

¡Que tengas un miércoles meloso!   (May you have a sweet Wednesday!)

L. A. Feliz

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¡Hoy es martes meditativo!      (Today is meditative Tuesday!)

La fecha es el veintiuno (21) de abril del año dos mil veintiséis. (The date is April 21, 2026.)

El dicho de la semana es:

La casa con buen cimiento no teme a ningún viento.

(The saying of the week is:   The house with a good foundation does not fear any wind.)

This Argentine proverb refers to a person with a clean conscience who has nothing to fear.

Practice saying this proverb when meditating and setting long-term goals.

Can you think of a similar saying in English? Please share it with us.

¡Que tengas un martes merecido!   (May you have a well-deserved Tuesday!)

L. A. Feliz

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¡Hoy es lunes lingüístico!     (Today is linguistic Monday!)

La fecha es el veinte (20) de abril del año dos mil veintiséis.     ​(The date is April 20, 2026.)

La letra de la semana es o.     (The letter of the week is o.)

In this round of the Spanish alphabet, we review alimentos (food).

Alimentos que inician con la letra O     (foods that start with the letter O):

1 (uno) –	obleas	(wafers)
2 (dos) –	oca	(an Andean tuber)
3 (tres) –	ocopa	(a Peruvian sauce)
4 (cuatro) –	ocra	(okra)
5 (cinco) –	oliva	(olive)
6 (seis) –	olluco	(an Andean tuber)
7 (siete) –	orégano	(oregano)
8 (ocho) –	oroblanco	(a grapefruit hybrid)
9 (nueve) –	ostra / ostión	(oyster)
10 (diez) –	ovas	(roe)

For a refresher on pronunciation rules, refer to pages 12-18 and 30 of You Can Speak Spanish! – Volume 1.

¡Que tengas un lunes lodoso!     (May you have a muddy Monday!)

L. A. Feliz

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¡Hoy es lunes lingüístico!     (Today is linguistic Monday!)

La fecha es el diecinueve (19) de enero del año dos mil veintiséis.     ​(The date is January 19, 2026.)

La letra de la semana es n.     (The letter of the week is n.)

In this round of the Spanish alphabet, we review alimentos (food).

Alimentos que inician con la letra N     (foods that start with the letter N):

1 (uno) –	nachos
2 (dos) –	nance	(nance fruit)
3 (tres) –	naranja	(orange)
4 (cuatro) –	nata	(cream)
5 (cinco) –	natillas	(custard)
6 (seis) –	nectarina	(nectarine)
7 (siete) –	níspero	(loquat)
8 (ocho) –	noni	(noni fruit)
9 (nueve) –	nopal	(prickly pear)
10 (diez) –	nuez	(walnut; nut)

For a refresher on pronunciation rules, refer to pages 12-18 and 30 of You Can Speak Spanish! – Volume 1.

¡Que tengas un lunes lunar!     (May you have a lunar Monday!)

L. A. Feliz

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¡Hoy es lunes lingüístico!     (Today is linguistic Monday!)

La fecha es el cinco (5) de enero del año dos mil veintiséis.     ​(The date is January 5, 2026.)

La letra de la semana es m. (The letter of the week is m.)

In this round of the Spanish alphabet, we review alimentos (food).

Alimentos que inician con la letra M     (foods that start with the letter M):

For a refresher on pronunciation rules, refer to pages 12-18 and 30 of You Can Speak Spanish! – Volume 1.

¡Que tengas un lunes lempo!     (May you have a large Monday!)

L. A. Feliz

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