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Héctor Lavoe - Mi gente

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Listen to late Latin salsa singer, Hector Lavoe's signature single, "Mi Gente," from the album La Voz. The hit was recorded in Africa in 1973 with the Fania All Stars.

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Caption 38 [es]: Y el coro dice...
Caption 38 [en]: And the chorus says...

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Seva Vive - 5. La historia se da cuenta - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Historians continue to discuss the subjective nature of recorded history and the fine line between fiction and fact.

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Caption 2 [es]: Un amigo mío dice:
Caption 2 [en]: A friend of mine says:

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Héctor Lavoe - Bandolera

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

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Héctor Lavoe was a Puerto Rican salsa group and solo singer who lived from September 30, 1946 to June 29, 1993. Among his solo hits were “El Cantante," "Periódico de ayer" and "Bandolera,” which, despite protests from Puerto Rican feminists about its controversial lyrics, enjoyed great success there.

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Caption 1 [es]: Quien dice una mentira, dice dos
Caption 1 [en]: Whoever tells a lie tells two

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Seva Vive - 2. La copla

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

History tells us that the 1898 U.S. invasion of Puerto Rico occurred in June and from the south. The fictional short story, Seva, tells a different story, one of an invasion from the east that came a month earlier. A type of musical oral history known as a "copla" mirrors the fictional story.

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Caption 44 [es]: Y que le dice, este otro supuesto investigador,
Caption 44 [en]: And he tells him, this other supposed researcher

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Mennores - Enamorarme Quiero

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

This boy band may be underage, menores, but they are pretty sure they are ready to fall in love, a feeling that their screaming fan base is willing to reciprocate.

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Caption 6 [es]: Quién dice que los niños no aman perdió toda la razón conmigo
Caption 6 [en]: Whoever says that kids don't love lost all credit with me

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Kany Garcia - Amigo En El Baño

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Viewer Discretion Advised

Kany García has been enjoying a successful career and winning some of the most prestigious Spanish music awards, but if you go by this song, her love life hasn’t been quite as satisfying. Well, luckily, she’s found a solution to this problem (batteries sold separately).

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Caption 36 [es]: porque él nunca dice no, no, no
Caption 36 [en]: because it never says no, no, no

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Ednita Nazario - No

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

No is a big word. Well, it has only two letters, but we all know how powerful it is. Ednita Nazario, here featuring Natalia Jiménez – lead singer of La Quinta Estación – wants to change her life, leave the past behind, close that door, finish that chapter. And there is only one way to do it: putting together a little “N” and a little “O.”

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Caption 5 [es]: Y soy yo, nadie más, la que dice que puede aguantar
Caption 5 [en]: And it's me, nobody else, the one who says she can put up with it

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La Secta Allstar - Llora mi corazón

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Of course tuve is the preterite yo form tener, so one might be misled to think that the refrain of this tune is “I had, I had.” However, in casual speech on the beautiful island of Puerto Rico, tú ve’ is short for tú ves (“you see”), but the uninitiated could easily mistake it for the verb tuve (“I had”). ¿Tú ve’?

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Caption 6 [es]: Y dice:
Caption 6 [en]: And it goes:

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