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La Secta Allstar - Llora mi corazón

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Con esta canción es fácil confundirse. El estribillo repite la frase “¿Tú ve’, tú ve’?” que puede ser entendido como “tuve” o incluso como el imperativo “tú, ve”. Sin embargo, en la canción la frase tiene otro sentido, ya que en Puerto Rico “Tú ve’” es una contracción de “Tú ves”.

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Seva Vive - 3. ¿Mito o conspiración?

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Historians discuss the extent to which popular myths such as Seva affect people's perception of history in Puerto Rico.

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Caption 51 [es]: no puede ser ignorado por los pueblos vecinos.
Caption 51 [en]: cannot be ignored by the neighboring towns.

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Marc Anthony - Vivir mi vida

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

"Vivir mi vida" [Living My Life] came out in 2013 as the first single from the album 3.0 by world-renowned salsa artist Marc Anthony, which won the Latin Grammy for Best Salsa Album in 2014.

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Caption 2 [es]: La búsqueda puede ser complicada pero en realidad debería ser simple.
Caption 2 [en]: The search might be complicated, but it actually should be simple.

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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 34 [es]: La historia no puede dar cuenta de la simultaneidad del tiempo,
Caption 34 [en]: History cannot account for the simultaneity of time;

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Seva Vive - 5. La historia se da cuenta - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

What is history? What is fiction? Is history fact? Do people believe history or fiction more readily? These are the kinds of questions critics ask as "Seva Vive" continues.

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Caption 5 [es]: puede ser realidad para otro.
Caption 5 [en]: could be reality for another.

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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 9 [es]: que puede ser veraz o puede ser inventado.
Caption 9 [en]: which could be true or could be made up.

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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 6 [es]: Ya no se puede creer
Caption 6 [en]: Now one can't believe

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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 8 [es]: No voy a ser la que llora y te espera sentada en el sofá
Caption 8 [en]: I'm not going to be the one who cries and waits for you sitting on the couch

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