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Biografía - Enrique Iglesias

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina, Spain

Enrique Iglesias discusses his record Cosas del Amor, and calls it the best recording he’s made in his career so far. He also discusses tricks for sneaking cheat notes into an exam and flirts shamelessly with the interviewer.

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Caption 77 [es]: ¿Te gustan mucho las argentinas, por lo que leí?
Caption 77 [en]: You like Argentinian women, from what I've read?

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 6

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay

The showbiz life can be cruel, even when you’re young, talented and beautiful. Though she came from nearby Uruguay, Natalia’s Argentine peers in their native Buenos Aires weren’t afraid to let her know she was a stranger infringing on their turf.

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Caption 12 [es]: que no me ayudaban mucho.
Caption 12 [en]: who didn't help me much.

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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 98 [es]: Y yo no demostraba mucho que yo estaba sufriendo...
Caption 98 [en]: I didn't show much that I was suffering...

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Factor Fobia - Cucarachas - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Sebastián Estebanez is loved throughout the world for his fine work in telenovelas such as Pasiones Prohibidas and Pensionados. Now Marley, the ubiquitous personality of Argentine television, is daring Sebastián to munch on a delicious cockroach, just as Marley himself did while in China.

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Caption 8 [es]: ¡La que camina! -¡Ay que asco, me da mucho asco eso a mí! -Bueno...
Caption 8 [en]: The one that walks. -How disgusting, that sickens me a lot! -Well...

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 4

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay

Natalia was quickly growing up. Like most teens, she was anxious to explore the world. At thirteen she began to go out dancing with her best friend, Rosa. Ivan, the high school hunk, was to become her first love.

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Caption 24 [es]: No la dejaba salir mucho...
Caption 24 [en]: He wouldn't let her go out much...

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay

Natalia reflects on her first real experiences with acting and modeling. As a young girl she was drawn to the stage, performing in many of her high school’s chorus and theatrical productions. Her mature stage presence and passion for the art soon landed her a number of roles in paid advertisements. She was well on her way to becoming a star.

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Caption 9 [es]: Y eso me sirvió mucho porque desde muy pequeña pude...
Caption 9 [en]: And that helped me a lot because since I was very little I was able to...

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Carolina - Acentos

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Spain Andalusia

Carolina talks about different accents and styles of speaking Spanish, particularly those found within Spain itself. Carolina is from Andalusia, in the South, and she contrasts her accent and common expressions with those of people from Barcelona and other regions.

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Caption 11 [es]: y su acento es mucho... no tiene nada que ver, por ejemplo, con un argentino
Caption 11 [en]: and their accent is strong... it's easy to differentiate, for example from an Argentine accent

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Uruguay

Though Natalia Oreiro may seem to have it all—talent, beauty, brains, personality and success—she wasn’t born with a silver spoon in her mouth. Her family suffered economically, and moved many times trying to better their situation. This was a bit unsettling for little Natalia, and perhaps contributed to her being a handful for her primary school teachers.

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Caption 47 [es]: Nunca tuvimos mucho, esa es la verdad.
Caption 47 [en]: We never had much, that's the truth.

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay

Muñeca Brava’s Natalia Oreiro came into the world on the 19th of March, 1977, in Montevideo, Uruguay. She showed early signs of being extraordinary, but was also quite a handful for her young parents. Her love of art and showmanship quickly manifested itself, and as a young child she spent hours singing into a tape recorder and along with the radio!!

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Caption 15 [es]: Eh, pateaba mucho...
Caption 15 [en]: Um, she kicked a lot...

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Biografía - Pablo Echarri - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay

Pablo’s sister, Roxa, came on the scene when he was seven. Like millions of little children before him, faced with the arrival of a rival, he was none too pleased. Today they are inseparable.

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Caption 17 [es]: Y él se enojaba mucho y, y tenían...
Caption 17 [en]: He would get angry with her often and they had...

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Biografía - Pablo Echarri - Part 2

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Uruguay

Echarri and his sister grew up without excess wealth, and even a hint of poverty, but they were happy. Circumstances only served to pull the family together and make them stronger.

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Caption 16 [es]: me, me ayudaron mucho a, a,
Caption 16 [en]: helped me, me a lot to, to

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Muñeca Brava - 1 Piloto - Part 6

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina

Federico’s secretary invites him over for dinner, but there will be no berries and cream if she can’t be the master chef. Meanwhile… our delinquent little minas have escaped the confines of the convent orphanage.

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Caption 17 [es]: Te lo agradezco mucho.
Caption 17 [en]: Thank you very much.

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Los Pericos - Complicado y aturdido

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina

Los Pericos formed in 1986, a bunch of buddies who shared a love for Jamaican icons like Toots & The Maytals, Peter Tosh, and, of course, Bob Marley. No tribute band, they formed their own unique sound and have been jammin’ ever since.

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Caption 33 [es]: Mucha nube, mucho humo, poco nuevo amor
Caption 33 [en]: A lot of clouds, a lot of smoke, little new love

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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 24 [es]: Me cuesta mucho expresarme.
Caption 24 [en]: It's hard for me to express myself.

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