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Leyendas urbanas - La Cegua

Difficulty: Beginner

Nicaragua

La Cegua es un espectro con cara de caballo y cuerpo fenomomenal que espera a los hombres por caminos solitarios para matarlos. Veamos más detalles sobre esta popular leyenda de Nicaragua.

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Guayaquil - Malecón 2000

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Miriam nos lleva de paseo al bello Malecón 2000, un proyecto de renovación urbanística que le ha dado una nueva cara a Guayaquil.

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El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos - Mel Gibson - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

The discussion continues about the movie Braveheart, focused, among other things, on the script and Mel Gibson's religious influence on the film.

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Caption 5 [es]: Son dos ejércitos que se están mirando cara a cara.
Caption 5 [en]: They are two armies facing each other.

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El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos - Mel Gibson - Part 1

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

On today's edition of "El Club de los Cinéfilos Muertos" (The Dead Movie Buffs Club), the topic at hand is Mel Gibson, the very famous actor who later became a great film director. Let's see what the guys have to say about his films.

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Caption 62 [es]: porque tiene una cara, pero luego tiene otra.
Caption 62 [en]: because he has one face, but then he has another.

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Casabermeja - La Maragata

Difficulty: Advanced

Spain

Manuel speaks to us about Maragata, an old-time Spanish dance that originated among rural people and represented a way in which men and women could couple up both in the dance and in life.

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Caption 104 [es]: Tienes la cara amarilla de comer pan de maíz
Caption 104 [en]: You're face is yellow from eating cornbread

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Leyendas urbanas - Los duendes de Nicaragua

Difficulty: Beginner

Nicaragua

Our friend María Conchita brings us another urban legend from Nicaragua, this time, about some mischievous, dwarf-like creatures called duendes who are supposedly evil spirits.

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Caption 15 [es]: pero con cara de viejos.
Caption 15 [en]: but with the faces of old men.

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Leyendas urbanas - El amor de un fantasma

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina

Let's discover this urban legend about a young woman from the nineteenth century whose life came to a tragic end.

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Caption 15 [es]: se encontró cara a cara con una fantasma,
Caption 15 [en]: he found himself face to face with a ghost,

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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 46 [es]: con la cara de Biagio da Cesena.
Caption 46 [en]: with Biagio da Cesena's face.

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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 43 [es]: y Minos, con una cara que no era la suya,
Caption 43 [en]: and Minos, with a face that wasn't his own,

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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 15 [es]: Esa mañana, al lavarse la cara,
Caption 15 [en]: That morning, while washing his face,

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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 25 [es]: y es más cara.
Caption 25 [en]: and it's more expensive.

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Guillermina y Candelario - El Festival de Verano - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

When Candelario is reluctant to tell his grandfather about his experience competing in a surf contest with an extremely agile dolphin, Guillermina is quick to chime in.

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Caption 43 [es]: Guillermina, pero deja esa cara de boba.
Caption 43 [en]: Guillermina, but get that silly look off your face.

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Guillermina y Candelario - La Mejor Calificación

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Candelario tells his grandfather how, with Guillermina's help on his most recent school project, he got the best grade in the class.

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Caption 31 [es]: Sí, la cara es igualita.
Caption 31 [en]: Yes, the face is the same.

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Festivaliando - Mono Núñez - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

Feeling for the vendors who don't get a chance to hear the wonderful music at the Mono Núñez Festival, our host comes up with a plan to take the music to them. He furthermore interviews an Argentinean member of a group who makes Andean music about the similarities and differences between the Andean music made in Argentina and Colombia.

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Caption 28 [es]: Se contrata Cara de Perro que tiene un Cincuenta y Cuatro
Caption 28 [en]: You hire Dogface who has a Fifty-four

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Guillermina y Candelario - Un pez mágico - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

When the events following their initial shock lead to friendship with an eel they encounter in the river, Guillermina and Candelario learn not to judge a book by its cover.

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Caption 28 [es]: Y por fin Guillermina dejó su cara de aburrida.
Caption 28 [en]: And finally, Guillermina stopped [making] her bored face.

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