Meaning of IT'S LIKE RIDING A BIKE - A Really Short English Lesson with Subtitles

So in English when we say, "It's like riding a bike.", what we're talking about is a skill

Entonces, en inglés, cuando decimos: "Es como andar en bicicleta", de lo que estamos hablando es de una habilidad

that you have learned to do in the past that is still easy for you to do today.

que aprendiste en el pasado y que todavía te resulta fácil hacer hoy.

We're not actually talking about riding a bike at all.

En realidad, no estamos hablando de andar en bicicleta en absoluto.

A good example of this would be maybe when you were a kid you learned how to play the

Un buen ejemplo de esto sería tal vez cuando eras niño aprendiste a tocar la

guitar and you haven't played guitar for a number of years and friend of yours asks if

guitarra y no has tocado la guitarra durante varios años y un amigo tuyo te pregunta si

you want to play guitar in his band, and you would say, "Sure.

quieres tocar la guitarra en su banda, y lo harías. decir, "Claro. ¡

No problem!"

No hay problema!"

And if he said would you still be able to play guitar you could say, "Ah, it's like

Y si te dijera si aún serías capaz de tocar la guitarra, podrías decir: "¡Ah, es como

riding a bike!"

andar en bicicleta!".

So what it means when you say, "It's like riding a bike!", is that it is a skill that

Entonces, lo que significa cuando dices: "¡Es como andar en bicicleta!" es que es una habilidad que

you learned in the past that you have not forgotten.

aprendiste en el pasado y que no has olvidado.

When you say, "It's like riding a bike!", you're talking about something that you learned

Cuando dices: "¡Es como andar en bicicleta!", estás hablando de algo que

when you were younger that's still easy for you to do now.

aprendiste cuando eras más joven y que todavía te resulta fácil de hacer ahora.