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Silvia nos cuenta - Contar, cuento y cuentas - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Let's keep learning additional meanings of the verb "contar" with Silvia along with several examples and expressions, some of which you may already know.

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Caption 11 [es]: porque estaba muy enfadada.
Caption 11 [en]: because I was very angry.

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Verbos de cambio - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Silvia teaches us several common Spanish expressions, many of them quite entertaining, that feature the verbs of change that she has previously taught.

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Caption 9 [es]: Me puedo poner buena si estaba enferma y me recupero,
Caption 9 [en]: I can get better if I was sick, and I recover,

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Horas, fechas y períodos de tiempo - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Silvia continues to introduce us to dialogues that contain useful expressions about dates, times, and time periods. This time, we hear a phone conversation regarding booking an apartment for a vacation.

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Caption 36 [es]: "Vaya, creía que estaba abierto hasta las nueve de la noche".
Caption 36 [en]: "Darn, I thought that you were open until nine at night."

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Por qué, porque, por que y porqué - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Silvia explains to us the different uses, meanings and pronunciations of four similar words: "por qué," "porque," "porqué," y "por que."

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Caption 64 [es]: "Estaba ansioso por que el profesor entregara las notas".
Caption 64 [en]: "I was anxious for the teacher to hand out the grades."

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Significados, usos y expresiones con "quedar" - Part 7

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

This time, Sylvia teaches us several colloquial expressions with the verb "quedar" via a humorous story that took place on her sister's birthday.

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Caption 22 [es]: ya estaba felizmente casada.
Caption 22 [en]: was already happily married.

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Significados, usos y expresiones con "quedar" - Part 6

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

After teaching us various meanings of the Spanish verb "quedar," Silvia introduces us to some more colloquial expressions that include it.

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Caption 52 [es]: y me desperté justo cuando estaba terminando".
Caption 52 [en]: and I woke up right when it was ending."

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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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Fermín y Manuel - El pasado - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Fermín meets up with Manuel in hopes of planning an excursion to watch a soccer match together as they used to do in the past. And speaking of the past, try to pay close attention to their use of the different past tenses in their conversation.

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Caption 40 [es]: Así que, estaba pensando
Caption 40 [en]: So, I was thinking

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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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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Frases hechas - Part 5

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Silvia continues her series on set phrases in Spanish, teaching us some common ones that we might find in fairy tales as well as in our daily lives.

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Caption 23 [es]: La madre "estaba hasta las narices"
Caption 23 [en]: The mother "was up to her nose"

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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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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Frases hechas - Part 4

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Silvia continues the story about her brother's experience at a repair shop, introducing us to new new Spanish idioms and challenging to us include them in a scenario of our own.

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Caption 40 [es]: Supongo que todo esto pasó porque el coche no "estaba listo",
Caption 40 [en]: I guess this all happened because the car "wasn't ready,"

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