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One of the most exciting things about going to South America to learn Spanish<\/a> is that you come across weird and wonderful words and expressions which you probably have never bumped into before. An interesting game to play is to try and work out what something is when you hear the word but don\u2019t know what it is yet. I almost always get it wrong but it doesn\u2019t stop me trying again in the future.<\/p>\n

A Choripan<\/strong><\/p>\n

When someone asked me if I wanted one of these things it was a word I hadn\u2019t learned in my Spanish classes<\/a> and which meant nothing to me. Because of the context I knew that it was something to eat or drink but I reckoned that it was probably a soup, hopefully with a goat\u2019s head or cow\u2019s tail in it. Sadly it turned out to be a spicy sausage (chorizo) in some bread (pan). I say sadly but it was so tasty that I then developed an addiction to the things for a good few months.<\/p>\n

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One of the most exciting things about going to South America to learn Spanish is that you come across weird and wonderful words and expressions which you probably have never bumped into before. An interesting game to play is to try and work out what something is when you hear the word but don\u2019t know(\u2026)<\/p>\n

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