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Muñeca Brava - 18 - La Apuesta - Part 1

Difficulty: Intermediate

Argentina

Through una trampa Cholito catches Ivo in bed with a nun and turns it into una extorsión while confronting him about paying up, or poniendo estaba la gansa, for an apuesta that he lost to a friend.

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Caption 39 [es]: Milagros... ¿me podés decir qué pasó?
Caption 39 [en]: Milagros... can you tell me what happened?

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Tu Rock es Votar - Armando - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Could it be that the “Tu Rock es Votar” campaign resulted in a closer Mexican 2006 election, one that ironically left the youth feeling more disillusioned than ever? Felipe Calderón Hinojosa edged out Andrés Manuel López Obrador by such a thin margin that the losing side demanded a total recount, which was not granted. The ensuing cloud surrounding the election left a bitter taste in the mouths of many Mexicans.

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Caption 40 [es]: Porque algo pasó después, en el proceso post-electoral,
Caption 40 [en]: Because something happened afterwards, during the post-electoral process,

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 9

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Sure, Natalia has had it rough. A certifiable worldwide hit with Muñeca Brava, a stud actor boyfriend followed by a superstar musician boyfriend, a rising singing career; she’s the kind of girl many mere mortals would love to hate. But… she’s just impossible to dislike!

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Caption 59 [es]: me pasó algo re-fuerte que...
Caption 59 [en]: something super moving happened to me that...

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Verano Eterno - Fiesta Grande - Part 12

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Tomás’ parents are leaving him all alone for the weekend, and Juan is quick to come up with a plan. Violeta, meanwhile, is cooking up plans of her own, but they don’t involve Mauro—despite his attempts to woo her back with flowers.

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Caption 7 [es]: "Espero que con esto puedas olvidar todo lo que pasó entre nosotros dos...
Caption 7 [en]: "I hope that with this you can forget everything that happened between the two of us...

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Orishas - ¿Qué Pasá?

Difficulty: Advanced

Cuba

¿Qué bolá? That’s ¿Qué pasa? (What’s Up?) in Havana, where your “homeboy” is your “monina,” your “consorte,” or simply ‘asere.’ Here we find musical giants Orishas back in the old barrio of Vedado.

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Caption 62 [es]: sin dar sólo un paso atras
Caption 62 [en]: without even taking one step back [faithfully]

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Biografía - Natalia Oreiro - Part 8

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Imagine the shock to Natalia’s parents when they first saw another couple on the TV claiming that she was their child. Unfortunately, such a thing was not, in fact, entirely impossible. A blood test, however, proved the sad couple wrong. Natalia’s starring role in Ricos Y Famosos would soon bring Natalia, and her actual mom and dad, back to the top of the world.

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Caption 30 [es]: No sé realmente lo que pasó.
Caption 30 [en]: I don't really know what happened.

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Arturo Vega - Entrevista - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

As it turns out the young Arturo Vega, Mexican emigré actor and artist in New York, lived below a girl who was seeing a young man named Douglas Glenn Colvin (who would come to be known as “Dee Dee Ramone”). The two visionaries got to talking…

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Caption 79 [es]: Y pues así pasó realmente, dicho y hecho.
Caption 79 [en]: And well that's how it really happened, said and done.

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Tierra Envenenada - Desminando - Part 3

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Honduras, Nicaragua

The effort to de-mine Central America is truly an international one, with assistance coming from the U.S., Germany, Spain, France, England, Japan, Canada and Sweden (who’s ambassador is featured here, speaking eloquent Spanish). Also we hear from soldiers on the pleasure of serving a mission of peace, as opposed to one of war.

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Caption 69 [es]: que la OEA está dando el primer paso aquí en nuestra región
Caption 69 [en]: the OAS is taking the first step here in our region

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Estado Falcón - Locos de la Vela - Part 3

Difficulty: Intermediate

Venezuela

It’s quite possible that El Día de Los Locos, as celebrated in La Vela de Coro, has its roots as far back as the Roman Empire, which celebrated Saturnalia at the same time of year. Both festivals, historically, involve turning the social order on its head, with slaves dressing like their masters.

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Caption 51 [es]: encontraran a su paso.
Caption 51 [en]: they came across on their way.

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 2

Difficulty: Intermediate

Mexico

Edgar Huerta, keyboardist of Belanova, refers to Joselo of Cafe Tacuba as un cuate. The word comes from the indigenous Nahuatl word coatl, which means “twin.” But Joselo is not Edgar’s gemelo, cuate is known by all Mexicans to refer to a “good buddy,” a “dear friend.”

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Caption 14 [es]: Y cuando pasó el tiempo conocí a Edgar, ¿no? Nos conocimos en la escuela.
Caption 14 [en]: And as time went by I met Edgar, right? We met at school.

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Cuatro Amigas - Piloto - Part 5

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Argentina

Elena is absolutely certain she will not be calling Mariano, her estranged, cheating boyfriend. She professes this fact repeatedly. But when Vero drops by, still tipsy from the club, discussion of lonely reality has its effect. She breaks down and picks up the phone…

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Caption 63 [es]: ¿Te puedo decir lo que yo pienso con respecto de lo que pasó? -Por favor, por favor.
Caption 63 [en]: Can I tell you what I think with regard to what happened? -Please, please.

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Belanova - Entrevista - Part 1

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Why is it that some musicians have such synergy together? Belanova describes the fusión that is created when each distinct musical personality comes together, and how this unique “fusion” has brought them from after-class practice to stadium-filled tours.

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Caption 44 [es]: y me la paso muy bien. O sea, no, no... eso no quiere decir que
Caption 44 [en]: and I'm having a great time. I mean, no, no... that doesn't mean that

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SiZu Yantra - Bienvenido

Difficulty: Adv-Intermediate

Mexico

Bienvenido al sueño is the first solo effort by the artist formerly known as Rubén Albarrán—of Café Tacuba / Café Tacvba fame. (‘Tacuba’ became ‘Tacvba’ after a lawsuit, according to this Wikipedia entry.) Check out Sizu’s wild video to the album’s title track. Nice hats, no?

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Caption 9 [es]: Y en tu paso por aquí
Caption 9 [en]: And as you walk along here

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Cuatro Amigas - Piloto - Part 4

Difficulty: Advanced

Argentina

The cocktail party effect explains our ability to isolate a solitary voice amidst a sea of yappers, music and crowd noise. Let’s meet our ladies at the disco, where background noise and the effects of actual cocktails upon speech put our own c.p.e. skills to the test. (This one is hard, use the SLOW button!)

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Caption 43 [es]: Me pasó algo con el pelado.
Caption 43 [en]: Suddenly the bald one turns me on.

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Axel Fernando - ¿Qué estás buscando?

Difficulty: Beginner

Argentina

Axel Fernando entered the Conservatorio Nacional Superior de Música in Buenos Aires at only eight years old, but dropped out in his early teens, wishing to focus more on academics, and less on music. To the delight of adoring fans throughout the world, he got serious again about music at seventeen, and hasn’t looked back since.

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Caption 21 [es]: Yo siempre puse el corazón en cada paso
Caption 21 [en]: I always put my heart in every step

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