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Cleer - La pronunciación de la g y la j - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

In the Spanish alphabet, the letters g and j tend to be two of the hardest two differentiate. In this video, we'll learn how the pronunciation of the g differs depending upon the vowel that follows it.

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Caption 33 [es]: Pero si delante de estas vocales tiene que sonar suave,
Caption 33 [en]: But if in front of these vowels, it has to sound soft,

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Consejos para dormir mejor - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

In part two of this video, we'll get further advice from Silvia for getting a good night's sleep.

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Caption 28 [es]: Las hago una vez ya en la cama y luego a soñar.
Caption 28 [en]: I do them once I'm already in bed and then, off to dream.

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Campanas - Part 2

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Did you know that there are several Spanish idiomatic expressions that involve bells? Silvia will share a few!

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Caption 26 [es]: haciendo sonar campanas o vasos de cristal
Caption 26 [en]: making bells or crystal glasses ring,

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Aprendiendo con Silvia - Campanas - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Back by popular demand, Silvia continues to tell us more things that happened during her childhood in the town of Chóvar in Valencia, Spain. This time, she focuses on the significance of bells and their different chimes in that community.

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Caption 25 [es]: El mundo de las campanas y sus diferentes maneras de sonar
Caption 25 [en]: The world of bells and their different ways of ringing

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Ana Carolina - El uso correcto de los adjetivos

Difficulty: Beginner

Ecuador

Ana Carolina sheds some light on the nuances of Spanish adjectives and how their position tends to differ from adjectives in English.

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Caption 31 [es]: o sonar más formal o más poético.
Caption 31 [en]: or sound more formal or more poetic.

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Carlos explica - Vocabulario: El verbo “tocar”

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos explains to us the range of meanings that the verb "tocar" can have in Spanish, depending upon the context.

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Caption 22 [es]: "Tocar" puede referirse a la acción de hacer sonar algún instrumento musical.
Caption 22 [en]: "Tocar" can refer to the action of making a musical instrument sound.

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Tito El Bambino - Llueve el amor

Difficulty: Newbie

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican singer-songwriter Tito El Bambino sings "Llueve el amor" (It's Raining Love), the first single from his 2011 album, "El Patrón: Invencible" (The Boss: Invincible).

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Caption 29 [es]: A reír, a soñar
Caption 29 [en]: Laugh, dream

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Huecco - La brújula

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Spanish singer Huecco performs his 2011 hit, "La brújula" ("The Compass"), from his album, "Dame vida" ("Give Me Life").

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Caption 7 [es]: y juntos soñar
Caption 7 [en]: and dream together

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Lecciones con Carolina - El gerundio - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Carolina explains to us about the gerund, the form of a verb which expresses an action in progress.

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Caption 15 [es]: En el gerundio, los verbos que terminan en "ar" tienen que sonar así: cantando.
Caption 15 [en]: In the gerund, the verbs that end in "ar" have to sound like this: "cantando" [singing].

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Carlos Quintana - Salsa

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos from Colombia teaches us about various genres of Latin music with a focus on salsa.

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Caption 40 [es]: podrá sonar más o menos de esta forma.
Caption 40 [en]: it could sound more or less like this.

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Bunbury - Nada

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

What happens when you mix Mexican pyschedelic rock band Zoé with Spanish rock singer/songwriter Enrique Bunbury? The answer is: Nothing. Or, in Spanish, “Nada,” the title of this song. Take a listen and you’ll see that the combination of sensibilities creates a whole lot of something.

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Caption 32 [es]: que no pueda soñar
Caption 32 [en]: that I can't dream

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Nortec Collective - Bostich+Fussible

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

Our friends from Nortec Collective are known for their eclectic mix of electronic and norteño music (hence the name: norteño + techno = Nortec). Here, a band member discusses how the group got started, down to the very first time he read about a synthesizer. Don’t miss their Grammy award-nominated Tijuana Sound Machine.

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Caption 36 [es]: Con ciertas cosas que la hacían sonar más regional, más...
Caption 36 [en]: With certain things that made it sound more regional, more...

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Franco de Vita - Mi sueño

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Venezuelan legend Franco de Vita has been a fixture on the pop charts since his debut album in 1984. His extremely romantic tunes made him a star in a country renowned for its telenovela industry. “Mi sueño” is one of de Vita’s most recent hits, and a great showcase of his talent.

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Caption 13 [es]: Un tiempo donde se puede soñar
Caption 13 [en]: A time where you can dream

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La Oreja de Van Gogh - El último vals

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Spain’s pop sensation is way more than an enigmatic name. Sure, we’re also wondering why you’d name your band after the removed appendage of a long-gone Dutch painter, but what’s made them famous is their music. "El último vals" is a song inspired by Martin Scorsese’s film The Last Waltz.

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Caption 20 [es]: Donde comenzamos a soñar
Caption 20 [en]: Where we started to dream

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Ricardo Arjona - Quiero

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

Guatemalan crooner Ricardo Arjona sings a long list of things he wants in his song “Quiero.” This video for “Quiero” was shot in the Dominican Republic and features the stunning Miss D.R. 2007, Massiel Taveras.

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Caption 7 [es]: y soñar
Caption 7 [en]: and dream

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