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Vocabulario de cine y películas - Ir al cine - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Topic number two of Carlos' series on film vocabulary reveals some of the most-used Spanish terms related to the activity of going to the movies and seeing films.

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Caption 12 [es]: La sala de cine estaba llena ayer
Caption 12 [en]: The movie theater was full yesterday

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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 41 [es]: un nuevo ritmo se estaba imponiendo: ¡la salsa!
Caption 41 [en]: a new rhythm was becoming the in thing: salsa!

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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 59 [es]: que estaba buscando a su perro en la provincia de Málaga.
Caption 59 [en]: who were looking for their dog in the province of Málaga.

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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 83 [es]: "La casa estaba muy deteriorada".
Caption 83 [en]: "The house was very dilapidated."

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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 48 [es]: Yo "estaba en las nubes",
Caption 48 [en]: I "was in the clouds"

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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 40 [es]: y yo estaba del todo apática;
Caption 40 [en]: and I was totally apathetic,

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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 32 [es]: que estaba atrapada entre las rocas".
Caption 32 [en]: who was trapped between the rocks."

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Carlos explica - Vocabulario: La palabra "así" - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In this third and final part of his series on the versatile word "así" in Spanish, we'll learn still more useful expressions that include it and test our recollection of previous ones in the context of a little story.

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Caption 72 [es]: lo que le estaba ocurriendo.
Caption 72 [en]: what was going on with him.

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Beatriz - Expresiones con colores

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

Beatriz teaches us some of the most "colorful" idiomatic expressions in Spanish, literally and figuratively!

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Caption 17 [es]: Pasé la noche en blanco porque estaba muy nervioso.
Caption 17 [en]: I didn't sleep a wink because I was very nervous.

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Cristina - La palabra "nuevo"

Difficulty: Intermediate

Ecuador

Cristina tells us about one of the thousand most used words in the Spanish language: the word "nuevo." Let's listen to some examples of the many situations in which we can use this word.

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Caption 7 [es]: estaba conversando con una de mis amigas gringas y me decía
Caption 7 [en]: I was chatting with one of my gringa friends, and she was telling me

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Carlos explica - Vocabulario: La palabra "así" - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In this series of videos, Carlos introduces us to the small-but-very-useful word "así" and its many uses. This introduction will focus on this word as an adverb of manner, quantity, and degree.

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Caption 51 [es]: La cena que preparó Manuel estaba deliciosa;
Caption 51 [en]: The dinner that Manuel made was delicious;

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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 75 [es]: y estaba convencida de que su belleza
Caption 75 [en]: and she was convinced that her beauty

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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 41 [es]: Cuando estaba repartiendo la circular de la Interpol allá en Inmigración,
Caption 41 [en]: When I was distributing the circular from Interpol there at Immigration,

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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 10 [es]: Se sentaron cerca de donde yo estaba
Caption 10 [en]: They sat close to where I was,

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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 36 [es]: Muy bien, estaba hasta la coronilla.
Caption 36 [en]: Just great, I was fed up [literally "I was up to the crown of my head"].

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