| A: | ¿Qué tenemos para comer hoy? |
| What will we have to eat today? | |
| B: | Pescado. |
| Fish. | |
| A: | ¿Pescado? Si sabes que no me gusta. |
| Fish? You know I don't like that. | |
| B: | Lo sé, pero hoy es Viernes Santo. |
| I know, but today is Good Friday. | |
| A: | ¿Y? |
| And? | |
| B: | Pues que hay que abstenerse de comer carne. Como manda la tradición. |
| Well, you have to abstain from eating meat, as mandated by tradition. | |
| A: | Como manda la tradición. |
| As mandated by tradition. | |
| el pescado | Noun (m) | fish |
| la carne | Noun (f) | meat |
| abstener | Verb | to abstain |
| mandar | Verb | to demand |
| la tradición | Noun (f) | tradition |
| congelado | Adjective | frozen |
| el pensamiento | Noun (m) | thought |
| impuro | Adjective | impure |
| la ternera | Noun (f) | beef |
| la Semana Santa | Noun (f) | Easter |