Chris Hemsworth is once again flaunting his Spanish skills.
The 39-year-old Aussie star has been married to 46-year-old model and actress Elsa Pataky, who is Spanish, since 2010, and through the years, he’s been open about his journey to becoming bilingual like his wife and three children.
But in true Hemsworth form, his version of flaunting is never serious – and his latest Instagram post is proof of that.
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“After years of coming to Spain and being asked ‘has my Spanish improved’ I can safely say it’s in the palm of my hand,” Hemsworth joked in a post shared with his 56.5 million followers.
The proof was, literally, in the palm of his hand, with Hemsworth showing a half-rubbed-out Spanish phrase inked on his hand in blue pen, a move that’s eerily reminiscent of school students preparing to take an exam.
It appears Hemsworth had written the phrase “Estoy muy feliz de estar en España” on his left hand before attending the Extraction 2 premiere in Spain, where he spoke with Spanish media.
The phrase roughly translates in English to: “I am very happy to be in Spain.”
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This isn’t the first time Hemsworth has poked fun at his language skills – he took to Instagram in July 2022 with a cheeky message for Pataky’s birthday.
“For those of you who speak Spanish you’ll notice that my Spanish has improved to a level of perfection here with a beautiful birthday message for [Pataky] 😜🎉,” he joked in the caption, which was shared alongside a photo of Pataky smiling with a birthday cake that said “Feliz Navidad Elsa” – which actually means Merry Christmas.
Pataky and Hemsworth met in 2010 through his agent, and married three months after making their relationship official.
They share three children – 11-year-old daughter India Rose, and nine-year-old twin sons Sasha and Tristan.
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It was in 2018 that Hemsworth revealed to Ellen DeGeneres that he was the only one in his household who couldn’t speak fluent Spanish, joking that when Pataky scolded their children in Spanish, he had to “pretend” he understood what’s going on.
”My wife will be telling them off and I’ll be standing there like, ‘That’s right!'” Hemsworth said on The Ellen DeGeneres Show at the time, adding he usually ended up muttering to Pataky, “What does that mean?”
He also admitted he knows he’s in trouble when Pataky starts speaking Spanish to him.
“When I hear the Spanish directed at me, it’s usually unfortunate, controversial, aggressive situations,” he said in 2018.
”So I’m just thinking, ‘What is she saying right now?’ and ‘What’s my comeback to this?’ When we’re fighting, basically – which is never! If she gets angry enough she’ll drop the English façade.”
Five years later, he’s still asked about it – so he provides updates to his fans on his progress.
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