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What is a tongue twister in Spanish?

A tongue twister in Spanish is called a trabalenguas.

Here are a few examples:

* "Pablito clavó un clavito en la calva de un calvo. Un clavito clavó Pablito en la calva de un calvo." (Pablo hammered a nail into the bald head of a bald man. Pablo hammered a nail into the bald head of a bald man.)

* "El perro de Pepe es un perro pequeño, pero Pepe tiene un perro pequeño que no es perro pequeño." (Pepe's dog is a small dog, but Pepe has a small dog that is not a small dog.)

* "Tres tristes tigres tragaban trigo en un trigal, en un trigal tragaban trigo tres tristes tigres." (Three sad tigers were eating wheat in a wheat field, in a wheat field three sad tigers were eating wheat.)

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