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Frida Kahlo

Frida Kahlo · B1 Spanish story

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Frida Kahlo nació en 1907 en Coyoacán, un barrio de la Ciudad de México.Frida Kahlo was born in 1907 in Coyoacán, a district of Mexico City.

Cuando tenía dieciocho años, sufrió un grave accidente de autobús.When she was eighteen, she was in a serious bus accident.

Durante los largos meses en la cama, empezó a pintar con un espejo.During the long months in bed, she began to paint using a mirror.

Por eso muchos de sus cuadros son autorretratos llenos de color y de dolor.That is why many of her paintings are self-portraits full of color and pain.

Se casó con el pintor Diego Rivera, y su relación fue muy intensa.She married the painter Diego Rivera, and their relationship was very intense.

Hoy su casa, la Casa Azul, es un museo que visitan personas de todo el mundo.Today, her house, the Blue House, is a museum visited by people from all over the world.

Words in this story

nacer
to be born
barrio
district; neighborhood
ciudad
city
tener
to have
año
year
sufrir
to suffer; to have (an accident)
grave
serious
accidente
accident
autobús
bus
largo
long
mes
month
cama
bed
empezar
to begin
pintar
to paint
espejo
mirror
mucho
many; a lot of
cuadro
painting
ser
to be
autorretrato
self-portrait
lleno
full
color
color
dolor
pain; dolor de cabeza = headache
casar
casarse con = to marry
pintor
painter
relación
relationship
muy
very
intenso
intense
hoy
today
casa
house; home
casa
house; home
azul
blue
museo
museum
visitar
to visit
persona
person
mundo
world

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