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Fermín - Frases y expresiones - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Are you familiar with the Spanish expression that can be literally translated as "to be with two candles"? Find out the meaning of this and more frequently used Spanish idiomatic expressions that Fermín has compiled for your learning pleasure.

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Caption 55 [es]: la gente hoy en día no tiene mucha paciencia.
Caption 55 [en]: people today don't have a lot of patience.

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Fermín y Manuel - Los móviles - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Fermín and Manuel continue to discuss the multitude of uses of smartphones in today's society and how they have changed the way we live, work, and stay connected to the world.

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Caption 17 [es]: De hecho, creo que mucha gente es lo que menos utiliza
Caption 17 [en]: In fact, I think that it's what a lot of people use the least

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Los casos de Yabla - Errores gramaticales - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Venezuela

Transcriber Antonio continues to try to convince Judge Sofi not to make more grammatical errors since they generate a lot of extra work for transcribers! Let's see if he succeeds.

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Caption 65 [es]: Qué ganas de protagonismo tiene la gente.
Caption 65 [en]: What a desire for importance people have.

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Los casos de Yabla - Errores gramaticales - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia, Mexico, Venezuela

You have surely noticed the use of the word "sic" in some of Yabla's transcriptions. In this new episode of Cases of Yabla, you'll find out the meaning of this term as well as hearing some entertaining examples of cases in which you might find it.

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Caption 58 [es]: Yo solo hablo como la gente normal, señoría.
Caption 58 [en]: I just speak like normal people, Your Honor.

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Soledad - Positivo y negativo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Although social networks have been put to many positive uses, they can also have a toxic effect on young people in particular due their unrealistic depiction of people's daily lives. Let's hear Soledad's perspective on this topic.

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Caption 11 [es]: Pero la gente más joven
Caption 11 [en]: But the youngest people

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Fermín y Manuel - El pasado - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Fermín and Manuel's lively conversation continues, in which they incorporate many examples of verbs in two past tenses, the preterite and the present perfect, and furthermore reveal a trick for knowing when to use each.

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Caption 59 [es]: ¡Viva la Real y viva la gente como tú!
Caption 59 [en]: Long live Real, and long live people like you!

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Beatriz - Expresiones relacionadas con el clima

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

This time, Beatriz talks to us about some interesting Spanish expressions that use weather-related terms to describe circumstances, attitudes, and/or feelings.

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Caption 2 [es]: Hola de nuevo, gente guapa de Yabla.
Caption 2 [en]: Hello again, beautiful people of Yabla.

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Beatriz - Palabras polisémicas - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In part two of her lesson on polysemic words, Beatriz focuses on Spanish words for animals that can also have quite different meanings.

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Caption 1 [es]: Hola de nuevo, gente guapa de Yabla.
Caption 1 [en]: Hello again, beautiful people of Yabla.

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Soledad - Los planes

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Have you ever had a situation in which you planned and planned to have a super fun night with friends, and it turned out to be the total opposite? Or, on the other side of the spectrum, a spontaneous, unplanned day that turned out to be one of your best ever? Soledad talks to us about this interesting phenomenon.

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Caption 62 [es]: Allí nos encontramos con más gente.
Caption 62 [en]: There, we met up with more people.

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Beatriz - Palabras polisémicas - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Polysemic words are terms that have two or more meanings and can occasionally give rise to some amusing misunderstandings! Beatriz introduces us to several in the Spanish language with a plethora of examples to make their different meanings more clear.

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Caption 1 [es]: Hola, gente guapa de Yabla.
Caption 1 [en]: Hello, beautiful people of Yabla.

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Carlos explica - Expresiones con las partes del cuerpo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In the final part of this lesson about Spanish expressions with human body parts, Carlos tells us some amusing ones with the hands, back, arms, and more!

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Caption 39 [es]: y nos está dejando ver que es un tipo que trata a la gente a las patadas.
Caption 39 [en]: and he's letting us see that he's a guy who treats people like dirt [literally "to kicks"].

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Carlos explica - Expresiones con las partes del cuerpo - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In part three of his series about Spanish expressions that include human body parts, Carlos focuses on the nose and neck.

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Caption 32 [es]: Esta es una expresión que la gente usa
Caption 32 [en]: This is an expression that people use

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Aprendiendo con Micheel - Escritura creativa

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Creative writing can be used to break habitual thought patterns and free one's creativity. Micheel will teach us some tricks for inspiration, including some ideas for getting started.

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Caption 13 [es]: Como hoy en día, mucha gente piensa
Caption 13 [en]: As today, a lot of people think

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Soledad - Las redes sociales

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Social networks affect adults and young people exposed to the information in them differently, and it is no secret that the risk is greater for young people. Let's see Soledad's recommendations to avoid dangerous situations online.

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Caption 46 [es]: Sin embargo, la gente joven
Caption 46 [en]: However, young people

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Fermín y Manuel - Durar vs. Tardar

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Using a multitude of examples, Fermín and his friend, Manuel, demonstrate the difference between the oft-confused Spanish verbs "durar" and "tardar."

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Caption 35 [es]: Normal, con gente como Manuel...
Caption 35 [en]: No wonder, with people like Manuel...

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