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Pipo - Mexicanismos - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador, Mexico

Mientras visita Zacatecas, nuestro amigo ecuatoriano Pipo charla con personas del lugar para aprender algunas de las palabras y expresiones coloquiales mexicanas más interesantes y usadas por la gente.

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - Publicidad de TV - Part 3

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

La inmigración es un tema delicado tanto para la política en los Estados Unidos como en México. Cuando Andrés Manuel López Obrador se lanzó para presidente de la República de México en el 2006, quiso dejar muy claro que su principal objetivo sería el de crear trabajo en el país, para que así la gente no tuviera que emigrar al norte en búsqueda de trabajo y sustento para sus familias.

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¡Tierra, Sí! - Atenco - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

En esta parte del documental sobre el problema de Atenco en México escuchamos a la gente citar las palabras de Emiliano Zapata “Victoria o Muerte”. Al parecer la gente del pueblo de Atenco está cada vez más enojada y dispuesta a defender sus tierras cueste lo que cueste.

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - Publicidad de TV - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Los comerciales de campaña de López Obrador trataban de ganarse el voto de la clase más amolada en México con el slogan: “Ahora le toca a la gente, ahora te toca a ti… por el bien de todos”.

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¡Tierra, Sí! - Atenco - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

En esta parte del documental sobre el conflicto de Atenco en México vemos a la gente del lugar tuvo que enfrentarse a la represión de las fuerzas enviadas por el gobierno, balazos de goma, gas lacrimógeno y golpes.

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Hecho en México - Documentary - Part 6

Difficulty: Advanced

Mexico

After a brief reflection on massification, the urban poet Rojo Córdova recites to us an incomprehensible poem loaded with Mexicanisms and meaningless words. Do you dare to try to understand?

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Caption 9 [es]: Y para ello necesitan condicionar la mente de la gente
Caption 9 [en]: And for that they need to condition people's minds

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Pipo - Mexicanismos - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Ecuador, Mexico

Let's learn several more Mexican colloquial words and expressions through Pipo's conversations with some locals in Zacatecas.

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Caption 17 [es]: ¿A la gente qué se refiere cuando dices: "Estoy chingón"?
Caption 17 [en]: What are people referring to when you say, "Estoy chingón"?

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Karla y Fernando hablan de música

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Karla and Fernando discuss some differences between two types of traditional Mexican music: mariachi and bolero, pondering the occasions for which each might be better suited.

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Caption 9 [es]: muy representativa, que cuando la gente la escucha,
Caption 9 [en]: very representative, as when people listen to it,

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Hispanoamericanos en Berlín - Manuel y El barrilito

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Manuel Guarneros was the famous Mexican singer Chavela Vargas' main guitar player. In this video, he'll share with us his perception about various Mexican accents and slang as well as performing for us a piece of the popular polka song "El barrilito" [literally "The Little Barrel"], which is known in English as Beer Barrel Polka.

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Caption 49 [es]: eh... en Berlín, en Alemania creen [sic] mucha gente que es alemán.
Caption 49 [en]: um... in Berlin, in Germany, a lot of people think it's German.

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Verónica - "Reprogramación psicocorporal"

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico, Miami

Veronica explains to us about a type of therapy that she calls, "psychocorporal reprogramming," which aims to maintain balance within human beings by adjusting how much emphasis is given to their different needs at various times in their lives.

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Caption 8 [es]: Nosotros decimos que la gente que viene a visitarnos viene a relajarse.
Caption 8 [en]: We say that the people who come to visit us come to relax.

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Español en las calles - Varias expresiones

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, USA, Venezuela

Although one language unites the people from all Spanish-speaking countries, it is useful- and fun- to become familiar with the different vocabulary and expressions utilized by Spanish speakers from various nations.

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Caption 19 [es]: Buenas tardes, ey... ¿Cómo estás? ¡Mi gente!
Caption 19 [en]: Good evening, hey... How are you? My people!

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Xóchitl - Vida en Monterrey

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Xochitl from Monterrey, Mexico tells us about how the recent surge in violent crime in Mexico and in her area in particular affects the way that Mexican citizens live their lives.

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Caption 8 [es]: Somos gente de mucha tradición de, eh...
Caption 8 [en]: We are people with a lot of tradition of, um...

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - Publicidad de TV - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Should government pump money into the economy and generate jobs by financing giant public works projects? In the extremely close Mexican presidential election of 2006 (which he lost), Andrés Manuel López Obrador made it clear that that his answer is a decisive ¡Sí!

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Caption 6 [es]: Quiere, defiende y protege a la gente...
Caption 6 [en]: He loves, defends and protects the people...

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Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana - Viviana Reyes

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Viviana really enjoys studying Political Economy at the UAM [Autonomous Metropolitan University]. She tells us about her major and the plans that she has for the future and shares some insights about the large social gap that exists in Mexico.

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Caption 35 [es]: o sea hay gente de todos lados, de toda la República
Caption 35 [en]: I mean, there are people from everywhere, from the whole [Mexican] Republic

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Andrés Manuel López Obrador - Publicidad de Obrador

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Political campaigns are tough (and they can get even tougher after the voting). In this video documenting Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s presidential race, we learn some of the tricks of the trade in Mexico.

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Caption 56 [es]: convenciendo a más gente, y no dejándose aplastar por el poder del día.
Caption 56 [en]: convincing more people, and not letting yourself be squashed by the power of the day.

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