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Skampida - Gustavo y David

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Take it from the boys in Skampida, the best ways to learn a language are 1) to watch a lot of tv (yabla!) and 2) to find yourself a native girlfriend/boyfriend! Skampida is one of the best bands ever from Bogotá, and we caught up with them while they were spending some time hangeando in The Big Manzana.

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Caption 2 [es]: del corazón de la víbora,
Caption 2 [en]: from the heart of the snake,

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Javier Marin - Artesano Venezolano - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

As an artesan, Javier Marin works with a variety of materials, employing many techniques to create his pieces. He has been kind enough to take the time to explain some of these materials and processes. Javier’s father, in the days well before email, used to transmit telegraph messages via morse code in the building adjacent to where his son now works.

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Caption 52 [es]: pueden ser este... un corazón...
Caption 52 [en]: they could be... a heart...

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Juanes - A Dios le pido

Difficulty: Intermediate

Colombia

Born Juan Esteban Aristizabal in Medellin, Colombia, Juanes may become the first musician to “crossover” (winning fame in the English speaking world) without ever bothering to release an album, nay, even a song, in English! A Dios le pido, “I ask God,” has been on the top of the charts in 12 countries on three continents, and spent 47 weeks in Billboard’s Latin Tracks chart.

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Caption 20 [es]: Y mi corazón entero entregarte
Caption 20 [en]: and give you my whole heart

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Federico Kauffman Doig - Arqueólogo - Part 4

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

Federico Kauffman Doig has received the highest title the Peruvian government gives in honor of cultural achievment, Amauta. Sweden and Austria have also bestowed him with awards and titles. So is he ready to join the ranks of jubilados? No way! He still explores cliffs 4000 meters high and has far too many unfinished essays to even consider it for un momentito.

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Caption 26 [es]: Tengo esa suerte también, el corazón...
Caption 26 [en]: I'm also lucky, my heart...

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Federico Kauffman Doig - Arqueólogo - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Peru

Federico was something of a wanderer in his early days, and describes himself as having been a “pre-hippy.” His father, intent that his son be something other than a vagabundo, probed Federico for any hint of passion, any calling. “It’s called archeology!” he yelled upon hearing that the young man enjoyed exploring ancient ruins.

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Caption 37 [es]: con alma, cuerpo y corazón y vida, como dice la canción,
Caption 37 [en]: with my soul and body and heart and life, as the song goes,

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Circo - Cascarón

Difficulty: Beginner

Puerto Rico

How hard is your cáscara? Here Circo’s José Luis “Fofé” Abreu sings about a certain someone with the power to crack his. Note that cáscara is mostly used for eggs and nuts, whereas the shell of a turtle would be caparazón and that of a snail would be concha.

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Caption 28 [es]: Cascarón -O solo tú... corazón, triste canción
Caption 28 [en]: Shell -Or only you... heart, sad song

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La Secta Allstar - Consejo

Difficulty: Beginner

Puerto Rico

Grammy-nominated La Secta Allstar boasts Puerto Rican roots despite having come together in Orlando, where the members attended college, and shortly after that settling in Miami. This title track from their album, Consejo, may very well make their mothers and mothers around the Spanish speaking world proud.

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Caption 39 [es]: Mientras parado ya su corazón
Caption 39 [en]: While his heart had already stopped

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Liquits - Desde Que

Difficulty: Beginner

Mexico

So what is it with this Latin American love of ska, a Jamaican genre from the early 60’s that’s had a second coming amongst British and American bands since the early 80’s? Lucky for us, ska is almost always sung very clearly, in short, catchy, easy to understand phrases. Liquits hails from Mexico City, but this award winning group has been hopping continents to record and play for a growing audience since 1993. The animation is ¡padrisimo!

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Caption 15 [es]: no sé qué pasó, que te di mi corazón
Caption 15 [en]: I don't know what happened, that I gave you my heart

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Taimur - Taimur canta

Difficulty: Beginner

Venezuela

Recently the song "Mesa Que Más Aplauda" from the Mexican group Climax had reached coastal Venezuela and was blasting from every bootleg music kiosk and bus stereo. Its catchy, inane, meaningless refrain za za za, yakuza, yakuza was on the lips of every impressionable child from 5 to 50. Taimur was no exception (nor were we!)

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Caption 19 [es]: Le voy a cantar una canción con todo corazón.
Caption 19 [en]: I'm going to sing you a song with all my heart.

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Disputas - La Extraña Dama - Part 10

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina

Viewer Discretion Advised

Gloria and Majo are still on the same job but inhabit different planets. Meanwhile Melina connives to plant seeds of desertion in Gala’s unsuspecting head…

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Caption 10 [es]: A ver, corazón.
Caption 10 [en]: Let's see, sweetheart.

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay

Winning the Xuxa Paquita contest convinced her to move to Buenos Aires. Unfortunately for Natalia, it wasn’t easy to be sixteen and out on her own. She was lonely, and she struggled, but pride and her fierce ambition kept her from quitting.

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Caption 31 [es]: Bueno hasta que le salió este de Inconquistable Corazón,
Caption 31 [en]: Well, until she got [the part in] Unconquerable Heart,

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Muñeca Brava - 1 Piloto - Part 5

Difficulty: Advanced

Argentina

Mother Superior thinks she’s tucked them both safely in for the night, but Milagros and Gloria have other ideas, and they don’t involve preparing for mass the next morning at seven a.m. Can they possibly get away with it?

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Caption 30 [es]: Si te clavaste aquí en mi corazón
Caption 30 [en]: You got stuck here in my heart

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Muñeca Brava - 1 Piloto - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Her name is Milagros- her nickname, “Cholito”. She’s wild on the soccer field, and not much tamer off of it. An orphan, she was brought up in a convent. But now she’s almost 18, and she will have to make her own way in the world. The world might not be quite ready…

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Caption 7 [es]: Tiene un corazón de oro.
Caption 7 [en]: She has a heart of gold.

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La Mala Rodriguez - Entrevista

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain

The feisty Sevillian María La Mala Rodriquez talks about her career as a Spanish hip-hop artist. True to her “southern” roots, she often drops her “s” sounds, the way Carolina mentions in her clip on the various accents of Spain.

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Caption 67 [es]: y el primero, la verdad es que lo hice con todo mi corazón.
Caption 67 [en]: and the first one, the truth is that I did it with all my heart.

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Juanes - Fotografía - Part 1

Difficulty: Newbie

Colombia

Colombian pop sensation Juanes sings this duet with Canadian superstar Nelly Furtado. The song gave each of them an award for best duet and Juanes one for best songwriter at the Latin Music Awards. This song is very clear, very easy, and repetitive using key vocabulary. Great for beginners!

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Caption 4 [es]: Que tu ausencia me devora entero el corazón
Caption 4 [en]: That your absence wholly devours my heart

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