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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Venezuela

In the last part of this series of videos dedicated to the writer Gabriel García Márquez, Víctor tells us about the life of the author nicknamed "Gabo" following his return to Colombia and how the creation and publishing his world-renowned novel One Hundred Years of Solitude came about.

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Caption 52 [es]: Los amigos empezaron a ayudarlo.
Caption 52 [en]: His friends started to help him.

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

This time, we'll learn about Gabriel García Márquez's attitude towards Bogotá, his stint in Paris, and a poignant turning point in his life.

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Caption 53 [es]: siempre ha tenido... siempre tuvo amigos muy influyentes.
Caption 53 [en]: has always had... always had very influential friends.

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Víctor en España - Gabriel García Márquez - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

Victor tells us more about the life of young García Márquez, his beginnings as a writer and the origin of one of his most famous novels: One Hundred Years of Solicitude.

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Caption 53 [es]: intelectuales que después se convirtieron en sus grandes amigos,
Caption 53 [en]: intellectuals who later became his great friends,

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

In this last video in honor of the great architect Antonio Gaudí, Victor tells us some interesting anecdotes that happened to him during the making of this series as well as about the love life of Antonio Gaudí.

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Caption 96 [es]: Así que, amigos, yo los invito, cuando vengan a Barcelona,
Caption 96 [en]: So, friends, I invite you, when you come to Barcelona,

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Víctor en España - La Plaza de San Felipe Neri de Barcelona

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

From San Felipe Neri Plaza in Barcelona, Spain, Víctor Díaz offers us some insight into this site's historical importance and why it serves as a monument to world peace.

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Caption 56 [es]: Bueno, amigos de Yabla,
Caption 56 [en]: Well, friends of Yabla,

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Venezuela

In this third video about Antonio Gaudí, Víctor talks to us about yet another one of his architectural masterpieces: Casa Batlló.

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Caption 20 [es]: que estaban contratando sus amigos adinerados de esa época
Caption 20 [en]: that his wealthy friends from that era were hiring

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Víctor en España - Vida y legado de Antonio Gaudí - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain, Venezuela

Antonio Gaudí was a famous Catalan architect, internationally recognized as one of the most prodigious experts in his discipline. Let's find out some details about him and his relationship with his hometown, Reus, in the province of Tarragona.

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Caption 83 [es]: Aquí conoció también a u', unos grandes amigos suyos de infancia,
Caption 83 [en]: Here, he also met s', some of his great childhood friends,

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Sonido Babel - El cuatro venezolano - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

In this third part of the series on the Venezuelan cuatro, Leonardo Lozano shares with us the names and functions of some of the parts that comprise it.

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Caption 1 [es]: ¡Hola, amigos!
Caption 1 [en]: Hello, friends!

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Sonido Babel - El cuatro venezolano - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

In this second part of our series on the Venezuelan cuatro, musician Leonardo Lozano explains to us how the manner in which this traditional instrument is played varies between geographical regions.

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Caption 3 [es]: ¡Hola, amigos!
Caption 3 [en]: Hello, friends!

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Sonido Babel - El cuatro venezolano - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

In this episode of Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we are introduced to Venezuela's national instrument: the cuatro, which can be heard in almost all Venezuelan folk music.

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Caption 34 [es]: Hola, amigos.
Caption 34 [en]: Hello, friends.

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Sonido Babel - Los quitiplás

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Babel Music introduces us to the quitiplás, a fascinating musical instrument from Mestizo America that is made of bamboo and comes in different sizes and pitches.

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Caption 16 [es]: Mis queridos amigos,
Caption 16 [en]: My dear friends,

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Sonido Babel - El porro colombiano

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia, Venezuela

Let's discover yet another upbeat Colombian musical genre with Antonio, porro, by listening to its melody and witnessing how it is danced.

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Caption 29 [es]: Encontramos a nuestros amigos para divertirnos,
Caption 29 [en]: We meet our friends to have fun,

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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 73 [es]: con unos amigos en el lago.
Caption 73 [en]: with some friends at the lake.

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Yolimar Gimón - sobre el concurso Mrs. Venezuela - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Yolimar Gimon, one of the ten finalists in the "Mrs. Venezuela" contest in 2012, tells us a bit about how the contest gives the chance to a bit more mature women to prove their abilities outside of the home as well as what her participation in the contest meant to her.

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Caption 56 [es]: eh... mis amistades, mis amigos, que estuvieron allí presentes,
Caption 56 [en]: um... my friendships, my friends, who were present there,

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