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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 6 [es]: Sí, tengo una hermana más pequeña que tiene tres años menos.
Caption 6 [en]: Yes, I have a younger sister who is three years younger.

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Tu Voz Estéreo - Laura - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

As Laura works with a social media specialist in the hopes of getting back her beloved Zazen, one of his captors is about to close the deal to sell him.

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Caption 51 [es]: Sí, eh... tiene cinco años.
Caption 51 [en]: Yes, um... he's five years old.

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Silvina - Una entrevista con la artista

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Argentine artist, Silvina, explains to us how opening ourselves up to new cultures and expressing ourselves through art can generate profound changes in our physical and spiritual health.

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Caption 50 [es]: Eh... Puedes tener sesenta, setenta años
Caption 50 [en]: Um... You can be sixty, seventy years old

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Carlos y Xavi - Diferencia de pronunciación entre España y Colombia - Part 1

Difficulty: Beginner

Colombia

Carlos and Xavi, Carlos' Spanish friend, invite us to observe the difference in pronunciation between the Spanish from Spain and Latin American Spanish, particularly as regards the letters "c" and "z."

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Caption 25 [es]: excepto tres años que estuve viviendo en Alemania.
Caption 25 [en]: except for three years that I was living in Germany.

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Vicente Fernandez - Por Tu Maldito Amor

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Also known as the “The King of Ranchera Music,” Vicente Fernández is a retired singer, film producer and actor from Mexico who is considered a symbol of Latin American culture. Released in 1989, “Por Tu Maldito Amor” [Because of Your Damn Love] is the title track from his fifteenth studio album, which topped the Billboard Regional Mexican Album chart for 21 straight weeks.

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Caption 14 [es]: Que a ti no llegarían jamás los años
Caption 14 [en]: That the years would never catch up to you

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Otavalo - Jorge, creador de atrapasueños

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Ecuador

Dreamcatchers are a type of talisman that are thought to ward off bad energy while retaining the good. Jorge Musuña, who makes them for a living in Otavalo, Ecuador, talks to us about their many sizes and varieties and their process of creation.

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Caption 4 [es]: Vivo aquí en Otavalo alrededor de veintiocho a treinta años,
Caption 4 [en]: I've lived here in Otavalo for about twenty-eight to thirty years,

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Historia mexicana - Cultura y la unión de dos mundos

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

With the Spaniards' arrival to Tenochtitlán, Mexican culture as we know it began to emerge with their racial, cultural and spiritual merging with the diverse pre-Hispanic inhabitants of those lands. The Concheros dances about which native Mexican, Alfredo Martinez, speaks to us, are just one representation of this fusion.

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Caption 6 [es]: piensa en quinientos años de historia
Caption 6 [en]: thinks about five hundred years of history

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Días festivos - Hanukkah

Difficulty: Advanced

Argentina

Rabbi Shloime offers us some insight into the origins and significance of the Hanukkah tradition.

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Caption 11 [es]: Porque hace miles de años atrás,
Caption 11 [en]: Because thousands of years ago,

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Clase Aula Azul - Pedir deseos - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Spain

A teacher at El Aula Azul [The Blue Classroom] is having a birthday and is excited to share with us a wish she plans to make for the coming year.

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Caption 46 [es]: Yo hoy cumplo treinta y seis años;
Caption 46 [en]: Today I turn thirty-six;

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Días festivos - Novenas de Navidad

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Many Latin American countries celebrate the Novena of Aguinaldos, a nine-day, Catholic-based holiday that includes music, food and prayer. Grace Pinzon, a Colombian woman living in Florida, shares with us how the novena is celebrated there.

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Caption 50 [es]: que han venido acá desde que tienen cuatro, cinco, seis años,
Caption 50 [en]: who've come here since they're four, five, six years old,

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Cleer - Entrevista con Jacky

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Cleer introduces us to Jacky, a talented children's music performer from Medellin, Colombia.

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Caption 15 [es]: Más o menos desde los siete años, me reunía con mis amigas de la infancia,
Caption 15 [en]: Starting when I was about seven years old, I'd get together with my childhood friends,

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Cartagena de Indias - Getsemaní

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Colombia

Hostel owner, Esteban Barrera, introduces us to some of the tourist attractions one can encounter in the famed Getsemani neighborhood just outside of the Walled City of Cartagena, Colombia.

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Caption 44 [es]: [sic, desde hace] más o menos como cinco años hacia atrás,
Caption 44 [en]: about five years ago,

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Cortometraje - Beta - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Winner of the Talento Cinergia [Synergy Talent] contest, Josep Pujol's short film is full of love, mystery, comedy, and even energy efficiency tips! And the ending, well, you'll just have to see to believe.

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Caption 90 [es]: vengarme por todos estos años de mierda.
Caption 90 [en]: get revenge for all these shitty years.

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Confidencial: El rey de la estafa - Capítulo 4 - Part 15

Difficulty: Advanced

Colombia

As Amalia pays "Mister Roman" a visit, Agent Suarez struggles to stay on the case, and Isabel runs into an old friend at the embassy.

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Caption 24 [es]: ¿Tú qué haces aquí? -Es que yo trabajo aquí desde hace un montón de años.
Caption 24 [en]: What are you doing here? -It's just that I've worked here for a ton of years.

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Shakira - Sale el sol

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

In 2010, Colombian singer Shakira released "Sale el sol" [The Sun Comes Out], returning to her stylistic roots on this title track from her ninth studio album.

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Caption 1 [es]: Estas semanas sin verte me parecieron años
Caption 1 [en]: These weeks without seeing you seemed like years to me

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