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Otavalo - Amigos - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Caminando por el pueblo, Cristina se encuentra con Pipo, un amigo de la infancia. Ya han pasado unos quince, veinte años desde la última vez que se vieron y ambos comparten lo que ha ocurrido en sus vidas durante todo este tiempo.

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Vocabulario de noticias - Finanzas - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Carlos teaches us additional financial vocabulary with lots of useful example sentences to heighten our understanding.

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Caption 65 [es]: Lo pagaré en cuotas mensuales durante treinta años.
Caption 65 [en]: I'll pay it back in monthly installments over thirty years.

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Fermín y Manuel - El verbo "llevar" - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In this third and final part in their series about "llevar," Fermín and Manuel will teach still more meanings of this multifaceted verb, including, among others, how it is used as a synonym of "conducir" [to drive] and to talk about trends.

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Caption 32 [es]: "Se lleva mucho la ropa de los años sesenta".
Caption 32 [en]: "The clothes from the sixties are really in."

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Fermín y Manuel - El verbo "llevar" - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Were you able to practice some of the many meanings of the verb "llevar" following the first part of this series, and, if so, how did it go? In part two, Fermín y Manuel will teach you some additional meanings and uses of this nuanced Spanish verb.

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Caption 43 [es]: "Mi hermana lleva dos años aprendiendo inglés".
Caption 43 [en]: "My sister has been learning English for two years."

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Fermín y Manuel - El verbo "costar"

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Fermín and Manuel continue to help us to differentiate between several verbs that are used to talk about time. In this entertaining video, they will focus on the many meanings of the verb "costar."

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Caption 60 [es]: que "Terminar la carrera me ha costado cuatro años"
Caption 60 [en]: that "Finishing my major took me four years"

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Carlos comenta - La sucursal del cielo - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Carlos offers us some commentary about the challenging series La Sucursal del Cielo, focusing in this first part on some aspects of the city in which it is set.

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Caption 37 [es]: sino también porque la serie está ambientada en los años setenta,
Caption 37 [en]: but also because the series is set in the seventies,

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Fermín - Vocabulario del coche y la conducción - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In the final part of this lesson, Fermín talks to us about such driving-related topics as traffic regulations, signs, and the types of roads there are in Spain.

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Caption 11 [es]: es a partir de los dieciocho años.
Caption 11 [en]: is starting from the age of eighteen.

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Fermín - Vocabulario del coche y la conducción - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

In the first part of this lesson, Fermín explains to us what the different parts of a car's exterior are called in Spanish.

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Caption 56 [es]: Hoy en día son más grandes y más equipados que hace años
Caption 56 [en]: Today, they are bigger and more equipped than years ago,

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Fermín y Manuel - Pretérito imperfecto

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

This time, Fermín and Manuel's animated conversation about soccer incorporates a lot of instances of the imperfect tense, which they will subsequently explain in depth.

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Caption 3 [es]: Recuerdo que en años anteriores
Caption 3 [en]: I remember that in previous years,

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Soledad - Halloween

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Thirty years ago, the imported holiday Halloween was not celebrated in Spain the way it is today. Instead, they celebrated All Saints' Day, a more solemn celebration of the departed. Soledad tells us more about the ways in which the celebration of these two holidays differ.

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Caption 5 [es]: Halloween no se celebraba, hace treinta años,
Caption 5 [en]: Halloween wasn't celebrated, thirty years ago,

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Soledad - Los conflictos

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Soledad talks to us about some different, typical types of teenagers such as the popular people versus the troublemakers, pondering to what extent their behavior in their youth might affect their futures.

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Caption 63 [es]: un montón de años o unos cuantos años.
Caption 63 [en]: [for] a ton of years or a few years.

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Soledad - La adolescencia

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

For most people, adolescence is a very difficult and awkward life stage, and, according to Soledad, how we are during this period may or may not predict how our lives turn out later. Let's hear more of her opinion on this topic.

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Caption 12 [es]: Me recordaba a cuando hace treinta años yo tenía su edad.
Caption 12 [en]: It reminded me of when, thirty years ago, I was their age.

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Carlos explica - Expresiones con las partes del cuerpo - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Carlos reviews the names of some body parts in Spanish— and perhaps teaches us some new ones— by telling us about some popular Spanish idioms that include them.

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Caption 32 [es]: de nuestra popular serie "Los Años Maravillosos".
Caption 32 [en]: from our popular series "The Wonder Years."

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Carlos explica - La composición en español - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Compound words can be divided into four groups based on the nature of their components. In this video, Carlos explains the first group: compounds consisting of two nouns in which the second one attributes some quality to the first.

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Caption 71 [es]: "'Cien años de soledad' es la obra cumbre de Gabriel García Márquez".
Caption 71 [en]: "'One Hundred Years of Solitude'" is Gabriel García Márquez's masterpiece."

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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 84 [es]: "Un amigo mío ha tardado más de dos años
Caption 84 [en]: "A friend of mine has taken more than two years

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