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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Professor Joan Martínez Manent clues us in about additional historical sites in Tarragona and tells us a fascinating story called The Burial of the Cat, which can be seen carved into the Tarragona Cathedral's cloister.

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Caption 72 [es]: el gato no estaba muerto,
Caption 72 [en]: the cat wasn't dead;

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Cataluña y su gente - Tarragona histórica - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

This time, we'll discover with Joan Martínez Manent some interesting details about the Roman history of the current Spanish city of Tarragona.

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Caption 26 [es]: El foro, que estaba, eh... digamos,
Caption 26 [en]: The forum, which was, um... let's say,

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Casabermeja - Memoria histórica

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Casabermeja mayor Antonio Artacho talks to us about the commemoration of the proclamation of Spain's Second Republic, explaining, among other things, why the town's residents go to the town cemetery on this day.

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Caption 38 [es]: en el cementerio de Villanueva de Cauche, donde estaba la fosa,
Caption 38 [en]: at the Villanueva de Cauche cemetery, where the grave was,

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Did you know that Antonio Gaudí had a reputation as a great mystic who is currently on a list to be canonized? Don't miss out on hearing more about these and other interesting details about the life— and death— of this extraordinary architect.

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Caption 57 [es]: y que Gaudí, eh... se decía que estaba inspirado por Dios
Caption 57 [en]: and that Gaudí, um... it was said that he was inspired by God

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Irwin y su vernissage

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chile

Let's join Irwin Bruno, a young Chilean living in Berlin, at his vernissage, where he will explain to us the inspiration for several of his paintings.

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Caption 13 [es]: estaba terminando el día, en el "sunset" [inglés: atardecer],
Caption 13 [en]: I was finishing the day, in the sunset,

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Viajando con Fermín - Festival de Cine SSIFF - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

On the occasion of the seventieth annual San Sebastián International Film Festival, Fermín has traveled to his hometown to attend this extraordinary event. In this video, he shares details about his trip, as well as his first impressions of the festival.

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Caption 54 [es]: estaba metido de lleno en todo el ambiente del festival.
Caption 54 [en]: I was fully immersed in the whole atmosphere of the festival.

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Viajando con Fermín - El Rijksmuseum - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

If you ever go to Amsterdam, you mustn't miss out on one of its best-known museums: the Rijksmuseum. Let's accompany Fermín on his visit!

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Caption 12 [es]: estaba situado en una calle detrás de la plaza Dam
Caption 12 [en]: was located on a street behind Dam Square,

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Soledad - Miguel Hernández

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Miguel Hernández was a poet who lived in Orihuela during the same time as Soledad's grandparents. Here, she tells us about his life and work and why, despite his early demise, he is still a renowned artist.

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Caption 18 [es]: la propietaria de la tienda estaba rezando un rosario
Caption 18 [en]: the store owner was praying a rosary

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Irwin y la acuarela - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

In the last video in this series, Irwin shows us how the watercolor painting's third wash is used to add its final details and effects.

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Caption 9 [es]: porque estaba pintando,
Caption 9 [en]: because I was painting,

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Leyendas urbanas - La Llorona

Difficulty: Intermediate

Guatemala

The legend of "La Llorona" (The Weeping Woman) is very famous in Mexico and other Latin American countries. Do you want to know more about this spooky and tragic story?

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Caption 10 [es]: Un día estaba sacando agua del pozo.
Caption 10 [en]: One day, she was drawing water from the well.

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Otavalo - Claudia y sus pinturas

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Claudia, a painter and fine and visual artist, explains to us the importance of being able to express herself through her art and how she began to paint for others on commission as well as creating her own brand of "Capullu" caps.

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Caption 59 [es]: porque yo estaba dando una habilidad mía
Caption 59 [en]: because I was giving a skill of mine

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Cleer - La princesa y el guisante

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Have you ever heard the story of "The Princess and the Pea"? Cleer reads us this classic fairytale.

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Caption 31 [es]: y no sé regresar a donde estaba."
Caption 31 [en]: and I don't know how to get back to where I was."

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

After reading us his flash fiction story, "Para siempre" [Forever], Carlos offers some insight into the historical backdrop, events, and characters that inspired him.

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Caption 48 [es]: se dio cuenta de que su rostro estaba en el infierno,
Caption 48 [en]: realized his face was in Hell,

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

After shedding some light on the flash fiction genre and providing us with some examples, Carlos finally reads us the piece with which he placed among the finalists at a prominent flash fiction contest in Barcelona. Can you understand any of the meaning behind it?

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Caption 36 [es]: el que estaba representado en la figura de Minos en el infierno.
Caption 36 [en]: that was depicted on the figure of Minos in Hell.

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Cleer - La gramática del cuento "El patito feo" - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Let's learn how to conjugate some regular and irregular verbs in past continuous with Cleer!

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Caption 2 [es]: "Yo estaba".
Caption 2 [en]: "Yo estaba" [I was].

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