5 Nov, 2023 @ 14:04
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Test your Spanish: How many of these hand gestures do YOU know?

ITALIANS are often described as the most expressive when it comes to speaking with your hands.

But Spaniards are arguably a close second, with many hand movements meaning specific and different things.

A TikTok user has received thousands of views for a series of videos which ask you to guess what different hand gestures mean in Spain.

From simply asking for the bill to telling people to get lost, test your knowledge below.

@gogoespana

Basic Spanish hand gestures you need to know. Part 2 ?

? original sound – Go! Go! España – Go! Go! España

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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