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Carlos comenta - Confidencial - Vocabulario y expresiones

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos nos explica varias de las palabras y expresiones que aparecen en la serie "Confidencial - El Rey de la Estafa", algunas de las cuales son bastante particulares del español colombiano.

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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 27 [es]: La... la relación del dinero con Gabo es realmente bastante extraña.
Caption 27 [en]: The... Gabo's relationship with money is really quite strange.

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Mauricio y el maestro Arrau

Difficulty: Intermediate

Chile

Originally from Chile, renowned rock and metal musician Mauricio Nader relocated to Berlin, where he is currently finishing his degree. Today, he will tell us about one of the musicians he most admires: world-famous Chilean piano player Claudio Arrau, who also moved to Berlin as a young artist.

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Caption 24 [es]: que nació... hace bastante tiempo,
Caption 24 [en]: who was born... quite a long time ago

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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 23 [es]: También experimenté bastante en la pandemia,
Caption 23 [en]: I also experimented quite a lot during the pandemic,

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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 25 [es]: con, algunos de ellos, tipos bastante singulares.
Caption 25 [en]: some of them quite unique types.

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Sonido Babel - El candombe de Uruguay

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay, Venezuela

What is candombe? In this episode from Sonido Babel [Babel Sound], we'll travel to Uruguay to find out more about this musical style that is influenced by more than twenty different African cultures as well as the indigenous Charrúas and Guaranis, the Spanish, and the Portuguese.

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Caption 33 [es]: se nos haría bastante difícil corroborarlo.
Caption 33 [en]: it would become quite difficult for us to confirm it.

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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 43 [es]: quien se enfadó bastante
Caption 43 [en]: who got quite angry

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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 65 [es]: pero bastante amplio a nivel de posibilidades,
Caption 65 [en]: but quite broad in terms of possibilities,

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Cleer - La gramática del cuento "El patito feo" - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

With examples from the famous tale, "The Ugly Duckling," Cleer touches on some of the verb tenses typically employed in children's stories in Spanish.

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Caption 11 [es]: Es una fórmula bastante arcaica.
Caption 11 [en]: It's quite an archaic formula.

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Guillermina y Candelario - La Peluqueria del Mar - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Following her argument with Candelario, Guillermina gets pampered like a queen in a deep sea hair salon with a colorful cast of characters.

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Caption 32 [es]: Se divirtieron bastante.
Caption 32 [en]: You guys had a pretty good time.

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Días festivos - La diablada pillareña - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Cristina talks to us about the "Diablada Pillareña" [Pillaro Dance of the Devils], a popular annual celebration in Pillaro, Ecuador that has been deemed Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.

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Caption 40 [es]: he bebido, bastante,
Caption 40 [en]: I've drank, quite a bit,

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Carlos y Cyndy - La pronunciación en Colombia y Argentina

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina, Colombia

Carlos and Cyndy teach us to identify the difference in the manner in which the "double l" and "y" letters are pronounced in Colombia versus Argentina, with several examples.

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Caption 64 [es]: Ah, bastante diferente, ¿ah?
Caption 64 [en]: Ah, quite different, huh?

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Bucaramanga, Colombia - Pintor callejero

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Talented street artist and portrait painter, Carlos, from Bucaramanga, Colombia, talks to us about his process and passion for his work.

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Caption 51 [es]: No se sabe si está bastante triste o... o está
Caption 51 [en]: It's not known if she's quite sad or... or she's

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Saraguro - Tienda "Colors"

Difficulty: Advanced

Ecuador

Manuel Quispe, owner of the indigenous clothing shop, Colors, in Saraguro, Ecuador, explains to us about some of the items they sell, particularly their handcrafted traditional necklaces.

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Caption 48 [es]: Hay otros también, otros tipos de collares como estos; son bastante comerciales.
Caption 48 [en]: There are others too, other kinds of necklaces like these ones; they are quite commercial.

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Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori - Una vida como pintor - Part 8

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Colombian artist Leonardo Rodriguez Sirtori explains how the "alla prima" [wet-on-wet] style of painting influences his work.

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Caption 53 [es]: su... su colorete de un color bastante atípico,
Caption 53 [en]: her... her blush of a pretty atypical color,

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