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Gloria Estefan - No Llores

Difficulty: Intermediate

Cuba

Cuban born Gloria Estefan’s album 90 Millas is a collection of songs inspired by her native country and recorded with many Latin American collaborators including Jose Feliciano, Carlos Santana, Arturo Sandoval, Andy Garcia, and a who’s who of prominent Cuban musicians.

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Caption 7 [es]: Si del amor mucho se aprende
Caption 7 [en]: If you learn a lot from love

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Shaila Dúrcal - Vuélvete la luna

Difficulty: Beginner

Spain

Ángeles Morales de las Heras, a.k.a. Shaila Dúrcal, the child of pop stars Rocio Dúrcal and Antonio Morales Barreto, grew up in Madrid but spent much of her life on the road touring the world with her mom. No stranger to the limelight, she debuted on Spanish television at 12, singing for Nikka Costa, who was then 19. Adult success was not immediate, but came quickly with the release of the highly sentimental, Recordando, her second album.

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Caption 8 [es]: Este amor tan grande se quedó conmigo
Caption 8 [en]: Such a big love stayed with me

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Ricardo Arjona - Quien

Difficulty: Beginner

Guatemala

At only the tender age of 43, Ricardo Arjona not only has a street named for him in the town of his birth, Jocotenango, but a wing of the library at his alma mater also bears his name. Needless to say, this former basketball star knows how to rally the hometown crowd. Ricardo filmed this video for his latest hit single, Quien, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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Caption 9 [es]: ¿Cuándo fue que se fue tu amor?
Caption 9 [en]: When was it that your love went away?

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Javier García - Me Gustaría

Difficulty: Beginner

Cuba, Spain

Viewer Discretion Advised

If you have ever seen Almodovar’s Matador you are familiar with the “black widow” phenomenon. Javier García explores the same territory here, tongue firmly in cheek, in his remix video for Me Gustaría, which might make you think twice before chatting up that sexy pole dancer you meet at the airport.

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Caption 19 [es]: Poder sentir como crece cada día mi amor por ti
Caption 19 [en]: To be able to feel how my love for you grows day by day

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División Minúscula - Sismo

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Division Minuscula hails from Matamoros, a Mexican border town just to the south of Brownsville, Texas. Despite having disbanded for five years while members finished their degrees and helped out with family businesses, the group is back and not yet forgotten, with this hit song, Sismo (Earthquake), shaking the airwaves.

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Caption 15 [es]: No sé si fue amor, pero vaya que lo hicimos de lo mejor
Caption 15 [en]: I don't know if it was love, but hey we made it pretty well

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Luís Fonsi - Por una Mujer

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rican by birth, Luis Fonsi moved at an early age to Orlando, Florida. Despite having participated in a number of minor “boy bands,” it wasn’t until he was discovered by the president of the music school at the University of Florida, where he was a student, that he was offered a sizable recording contract. Success came quickly as his reputation spread throughout Latin America.

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Caption 2 [es]: Yo jamás tenía la esperanza de volver a encontrar amor por el camino
Caption 2 [en]: I never had the hope of finding love again along the way

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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 3 [es]: donde había amor
Caption 3 [en]: where there used to be love

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Vivanativa - Conmigo más

Difficulty: Beginner

Puerto Rico

Viewer Discretion Advised

Pulsorock has this to say about Los Nativos (the name given to the members of Vivanativa): La energía positiva que irradia este conjunto de talentos no tiene fin y es imparable. The positive energy that this set of talents radiates is endless and unstoppable! Hyperbole? We think not… check it out!

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Caption 10 [es]: No... no... así... no... no... no... amor
Caption 10 [en]: No... no... like that... no... no... no... my love

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Circo - La sospecha

Difficulty: Intermediate

Puerto Rico

Viewer Discretion Advised

Have you ever had una sospecha (a suspicion)? Puerto Rico’s Circo explores restless uncertainty and mines a treasure chest of carnivalesque imagery from the world of Santeria, that mix of African deity worship and Catholicism that sprouted after African slaves arrived on the shores of the new world.

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Caption 4 [es]: Velas rojas, rosas secas, embrujándome de amor
Caption 4 [en]: Red candles, dried roses, bewitching me with love

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Con ánimo de lucro - Cortometraje - Part 10

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

Joan Planas continues to pull no punches, taking on NGOs, television, and the Catholic church. Oddly enough, despite his firebrand rhetoric, the film ends on a rather conservative note, suggesting that perhaps what poor nations need is not so much charity but rather a change in actitude, or “attitude,” so as to reflect the mindset of people in successful nations. Tune in to find out the details.

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Caption 41 [es]: Amor al trabajo. Y afán por el ahorro y la inversión.
Caption 41 [en]: Love for work. And efforts to save and invest.

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Babasónicos - Yegua

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina

Viewer Discretion Advised

In most Spanish dictionaries una yegua is “a mare,” as in “a female horse.” But in Babasónicos’ homeland, Argentina, it can also mean “a sexy thing.” To settle on your own definition of this song’s title, you may just have to watch! (By the way, this is currently one of the hottest bands in Rock en Español.)

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Caption 10 [es]: Éramos salvajes sin frenos para el amor
Caption 10 [en]: We were wild without brakes for love

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Playa Adícora - Chober - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Chober and his buddies are building a little club on the beach that is aiming to provide services to beach goers and visitors, while at the same time providing events and opportunites for community members, particularly young people. Like his friend Francisco, Chober is concerned with the environment, and finding uses for discarded materials.

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Caption 11 [es]: Eso es un sitio de amor y paz.
Caption 11 [en]: That's a place of peace and love.

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Belanova - Por ti

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Yes, Belanova may be a shill for Pizza Hut Mexico, but we are not going to hold that against this fine synth-pop dance trio who came together in 2000 in Guadalajara. How did the band create the name Belanova? An entrevista en español in Enkidu magazine tells all.

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Caption 14 [es]: Será por tu amor
Caption 14 [en]: It will be for your love

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Jeremías música - Uno y uno igual a tres

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

Viewer Discretion Advised

Carlos Eduardo López Ávila, known to most of the world as Jeremías, (his nombre escénico) was born in London, where his parents were studying, but he returned with them to their native Venezuela at the tender age of two. Billboard describes his music, with its blend of trova, pop, salsa and rock as mestizo (which of course usually refers to a person of mixed blood).

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Caption 18 [es]: Un marido encontró a su amigo y a su gran amor en mitad de un beso
Caption 18 [en]: A husband found his friend and his great love in the middle of a kiss

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Felipe Calderón - Publicidad - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Does Felipe Calderón love his children? We are quite sure that he does. If this promotional video for the possible heir to fellow PANista Vicente Foxe seems to you to have a “North of the border” slickness, it may not be simply coincidental.

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Caption 13 [es]: Y comparto con ella, pues, no solo el amor que nos tenemos,
Caption 13 [en]: And I share with her, well, not only the love that we have for each other,

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