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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 25 [es]: puedes encontrar algunas de las tiendas más exclusivas
Caption 25 [en]: you can find some of the most exclusive shops

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Manuel y El barrilito

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Manuel Guarneros was the famous Mexican singer Chavela Vargas' main guitar player. In this video, he'll share with us his perception about various Mexican accents and slang as well as performing for us a piece of the popular polka song "El barrilito" [literally "The Little Barrel"], which is known in English as Beer Barrel Polka.

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Caption 42 [es]: y que se, eh... y que prende muy fácil,
Caption 42 [en]: and which, um... and which catches on very easily,

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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 20 [es]: en lo que menos piensas es como que qué materiales estás usando,
Caption 20 [en]: what you think about the least is what materials you're using;

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - El microrrelato - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Let's listen to a couple of examples of flash fiction stories to better understand what this literary genre is all about. Entitled "Destino" [Fate] and "Soñando despierta" [Daydreaming], both pieces received awards at prestigious international flash fiction contests.

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Caption 31 [es]: prendió un cigarrillo y lo fumó lentamente,
Caption 31 [en]: he lit a cigarette and smoked it slowly,

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Cleer - Entrevista a Giluancar

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Venezuela

Learn vocabulary helpful for meeting new people and even inviting them out in Cleer's casual interview with Giluancar, a Venezuelan who has recently arrived in Germany.

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Caption 57 [es]: ¿Piensas volver?
Caption 57 [en]: Do you plan to come back?

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Jorge Celedón, Vicentico - Si Me Dejan

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina, Colombia

"Si Me Dejan" (If They Leave Me) is a collaboration between Colombian Vallenato sensation, Jorge Celedón, and Vicentico, the former frontman of the Argentinean ska band, Los Fabulosos Cadillacs (The Fabulous Cadillacs).

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Caption 11 [es]: Si el invierno se hace helado me prendo
Caption 11 [en]: If the winter gets freezing I turn myself on

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Mambe & Danochilango - Cumbia Universal

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Mexico

"Mambe & Danochilango" sing about a "Cumbia Universal" [Universal Cumbia] with the power to liberate individuals and unite nations.

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Caption 27 [es]: Canto de mi alma pa' aliviar las penas
Caption 27 [en]: I sing from my soul to relieve my sorrows

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Baja Beans Café - 3- Los granos de café y la máquina tostadora

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Our hostess at Baja Beans in Pescadero, Baja California tells us a bit about their coffee's roasting process.

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Caption 28 [es]: se prende el abanico y se mueve
Caption 28 [en]: the fan turns on and it moves

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Región mundo - Paso a paso - Part 5

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

This episode gives us a glimpse into the rigorous daily workouts the Swing Latino salsa dancers must endure to prepare for their upcoming competitions.

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Caption 25 [en]: These trends have among the audience
Caption 25 [es]: Estas tendencias tienen entre el público

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De Música Ligera - Soda Stereo - Guitarra

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina

"De Música Ligera" ("Of light music") is a single by the Argentine rock band, Soda Stereo, released in 1990 as part of the group's fifth album, "Canción Animal," and considered a representative rock en español anthem.

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Caption 39 [es]: Cuando ya puedas resolver eso a una velocidad promedio,
Caption 39 [en]: Once you are already able to perform that with average speed,

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Acercándonos a la Literatura - José Asunción Silva - "Nocturno III"

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Luis reads Jose Asuncion Silva's poem "Nocturne III," a really sad composition about his dead sister, Elvira.

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Caption 17 [es]: Sobre las arenas tristes
Caption 17 [en]: Above the sad sands

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

La Vela is a small town in the state of Falcón, on the northwest coast of Venezuela, where every December 28th Los Locos [“The Crazy Ones”] arrive wearing colorful and elaborated costumes. The whole town becomes a party, with businesses closing and people dancing in the streets. It’s a tradition that could be in any magical realism novel and that desperately struggles to not fall into oblivion.

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Caption 69 [es]: vayan a tomar las riendas de esta bella tradición.
Caption 69 [en]: will hold the reins of this beautiful tradition.

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Most English speakers have at some time in their lives heard Donovan sing “The Hurdy Gurdy Man,” but how many knew what such a man did? The woman in this video talks about a musical family that used to play the sinfonía, and indeed this is the Spanish name for the hand-crank organ known as a “hurdy gurdy.”

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Caption 40 [es]: las tiendas, las fotografías eran puro Locos de Venezuela.
Caption 40 [en]: the stores, the photographs were [showing] just Locos of Venezuela.

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