Inflation in the US stays at 3.4% in August | Beginner Spanish class Nº060

Today's story: Inflation in the US stays at 3.4% in August. You will hear it in Spanish first, then line by line with the English beside it.

Today's headline in Spanish: La inflación en EE. UU. sigue en 3,4% en agosto

(00:00) Welcome and today's headline

(00:33) Three more stories today

(01:44) Today's headline, slowly

(02:33) The verb form

(03:18) Prices going up

(04:14) Making something more expensive

(05:18) The story again

The full transcript, the English translation, the vocabulary and a short quiz for this episode:

https://linguawire.com/class/spanish/a1/2026-09-12

TODAY'S SPANISH TEXT

La inflación en EE. UU. sigue en 3,4% en agosto

La inflación en Estados Unidos sigue en 3,4% en agosto.

Ese mismo nivel fue en julio.

La gasolina subió 3,9% el mes pasado.

El diésel llegó a más de 6 dólares por galón de media el viernes.

Los precios altos del petróleo hicieron más caro mover bienes.

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WHAT TODAY'S CLASS TEACHES

- verb (seguir)

- vocabulary (mismo)

- vocabulary (subió)

- vocabulary (llegó)

- vocabulary (hicieron)

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