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Pipo - Descubriendo Cali - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia, Ecuador

Let's discover with Pipo and Daniel some of the most representative places in welcoming Cali, Colombia's third largest city.

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Caption 9 [en]: there's a lot of unevenness, hills, flat areas,
Caption 9 [es]: hay mucho desnivel, montañitas, planos;

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Vocabulario de noticias - Medioambiente - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Carlos keeps teaching us more environmental terms, which he will reinforce by reciting a typical paragraph we might hear during a news segment on the environment.

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Caption 61 [es]: Sin embargo, la amenaza constante de la extinción de especies en estas áreas
Caption 61 [en]: However, the constant threat of extinction of species in these areas

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Cleer y Lida - Cosas típicas de Colombia - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Lida and Cleer introduce us to even more items that cannot be missing from a typical Colombian household.

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Caption 37 [es]: y esto se llama arepa.
Caption 37 [en]: and this is called an arepa.

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Vocabulario de noticias - Política internacional - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Welcome to this series about Spanish news vocabulary in which Carlos will teach us frequently-used words related to international relations and politics, finance, economics, the environment and more. The focus of this first episode will be international relations and politics.

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Caption 10 [es]: sobre ciertas áreas profesionales.
Caption 10 [en]: about certain professional spheres.

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Carlos explica - Los pronombres personales

Difficulty: Newbie

Colombia

This time, Carlos focuses on the personal pronouns in Spanish, which are used to refer to people in sentences. Let's explore, among other things, which personal pronouns are singular vs. plural, which ones are masculine vs. feminine, and which ones are particular to certain regions.

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Caption 45 [en]: It is also used in some areas of some countries,
Caption 45 [es]: También se usa en algunas zonas de algunos países,

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Confidencial: Asesino al Volante - Capítulo 4 - Part 2

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

As Jorge continues to try to redeem himself via a TV interview, Mariana's friends and family receive some alarming news about her condition.

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Caption 47 [en]: which is to reveal all of the areas of the brain that are blocked,
Caption 47 [es]: que es para destapar todas las zonas del cerebro que están obstruidas

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Viajando en Colombia - Casa artesanal de Pavas, La Cumbre - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

In part three of this series, Juan Carlos tell us about yet another area of his colorful home and shop and shares with us some of the projects he envisions for the future.

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Caption 5 [en]: of our areas... of our home, which is the main house,
Caption 5 [es]: área nuestra, de nuestra casa, es la casa principal,

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Confidencial: Asesino al Volante - Capítulo 2 - Part 9

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

As Mariana is taken into surgery, her family watches the news footage of her horrific accident.

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Caption 7 [en]: The area's security cameras show us that moment.
Caption 7 [es]: Las cámaras de seguridad del sector nos muestran ese momento.

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Carlos y Xavi - Part 2 Ustedes y Vosotros

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

While in Colombia, the second person plural pronoun, "ustedes," is typically used to address more than one person as "you," both formally and informally, in Spain, "vosotros" is much more commonly used on an informal basis. Carlos and Xavi provide us with several examples of how the same idea would be expressed using either "ustedes" or "vosotros."

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Caption 33 [en]: that has a lot of parks to stroll, a lot of green areas;
Caption 33 [es]: que tiene muchos parques para pasear, muchas zonas verdes;

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Carlos comenta - Los Años Maravillosos - Costumbres alimenticias y conflicto

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Referring to the third part of the first episode of the Colombian version of The Wonder Years, Carlos edifies us regarding Colombia's dietary traditions as well as some historical conflicts.

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Caption 32 [es]: como un pandebono, una arepa
Caption 32 [en]: such as a "pandebono" [Colombian cheese roll], an arepa

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Los Años Maravillosos - Capítulo 3 - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Hoping to gain some insight into his father's complex character, Kevin accompanies him on a field trip to his office.

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Caption 10 [es]: Deme esa arepa.
Caption 10 [en]: Give me that arepa.

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Aprendiendo con Carlos - América precolombina - Mitos y leyendas Muiscas

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos introduces us to the Muiscas, one of the most developed pre-Columbian civilizations to inhabit the Cundiboyacense plateau in the central part of present day Colombia.

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Caption 19 [en]: with high and flat areas,
Caption 19 [es]: con zonas altas y planas,

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Carlos explica - Internet y lenguaje digital: Vocabulario básico

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Although Spanish often borrows English terms like "e-mail" and "password" to talk about terms related to the internet, Carlos provides us with several more proper Spanish alternatives.

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Caption 3 [en]: The impact of the internet has been felt in all areas of our life,
Caption 3 [es]: El impacto de internet se ha sentido en todas las esferas de nuestra vida,

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Carlos explica - Tuteo, ustedeo y voseo: Historia y evolución

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Known as the "tuteo," the "ustedeo" and the "voseo," Carlos explains the historical roots and evolution of these varying ways of saying "you" in different parts of the Spanish-speaking world. Factors which affect which form is utilized by a particular person in a particular situation include that person's country of origin as well as the relationship between the speaker and the person to whom he or she is speaking.

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Caption 40 [en]: On the contrary, the areas that were far from said centers of influence,
Caption 40 [es]: Por el contrario, las zonas que estaban alejadas de dichos centros de influencia,

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