Learn all about the lesser known facts of the life of a legend, Frida Kahlo.

1. la celebridad is celebrity

2. fascinante is fascinating

3. el principio is the beginning

4. la desgracia is misfortune

5. las heridas are injuries

6. pintar is to paint

7. especialmente is especially

8. el esposo is husband

9. la retroalimentación is feedback

10. la infidelidad is infidelity

11. las amantes are lovers

12. involucrados (involucrar) is involved

13. enterarse is to find out

14. desconsolada is heartbroken

15. aventuras are affairs

16. interrogó (interrogar) is interrogated

17. las cirugías are surgeries

18. resultando (resultar) is resulting

19. embarazada is pregnant

20. los abortos are miscarriages, abortions

21. el dolor is pain

22. la manifestación is rally

23. las complicaciones are complications

24. las drogas are drugs

25. el sufrimiento is suffering

As an added bonus you can hear me stumble over the word perturbadora - before you laugh at me, try it 3x fast!

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Ready for a riddle? How about 3? Try to get to the answer for each one before the end of the episode - the speed is fast so try to keep up!

Vocabulario

1. los enigmas are riddles.

2. el deber is task

3. adivinar is to guess

4. revelaré (revelar) is I will reveal

5. el bolsillo is pocket

6. los registros are records

7. el compromiso is commitment

8. la muerte is death

9. Recordarán (recordar) is they will remember

10. evitar is to avoid

11. el cerebro is brain

12. el espejo is mirror

13. requieren (requerir) is they require

14. el hueso is bone

15. la profundidad is Depth

16. común is common

17. por fin is finally

18. anciano is old (for people)

19. contado (contar) is counted, told

20. aprovechan (aprovechar) is they take advantage of

21. superar is to overcome

22. predecible is predictable

23. nací (nacer) is was born

24. La libertad is freedom

25. Dándote cuenta de (darse cuenta de) is realizing

¡Buena suerte!

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For those who have wondered if they want kids, meet Antonio and Daniela.

Vocabulario:

1. rebelando (rebelar) is rebelling

2. Las normas de la sociedad are societal norms

3. el patio de recreo is playground

4. maquillada is made up, with makeup on

5. anciana is old, as in person

6. padeció (padecer) is suffered

7. la fiebre is fever

8. la boda is wedding

9. dejando caer (dejar caer) is dropping

10. está echando los dientes (echar) is teething

11. los demonios are demons

12. el baloncesto is basketball

13. la tranquilidad is quiet, tranquility

14. los frenos dentales are braces

15. molestarle is pester him

16. las cuentas de ahorros are savings accounts

17. Sin presura, ¿no? is no pressure, right?

18. cotidiana is daily

19. esforzaron (esforzar) is they forced

20. el suspiro is sigh

21. roncar is to snore

22. ligeramente is lightly

23. murmulló (murmullar) is he murmurred

24. la estación de bomberos is fire station

25. ociosamente is idly

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Melvin gets some bad news - will it break him or will he overcome?

Here are your fresh new words and phrases for this episode:

1. la ansiedad is anxiety

2. el horno is oven

3. el paquete is package

4. una reunión is a meeting

5. sí mismo is himself

6. la mantequilla de cacahuate is peanut butter

7. desnudo is naked

8. o sea is in other words, I mean

9. aumentar is to increase

10. disminuir is to decrease

11. revisando (revisar) is reviewing

12. acostarse is to go to bed

13. darse por vencido is to give up

14. el pañal is diaper

15. la vergüenza is shame

16. habían contratado (contratar) is had hired

17. dura (durar) is lasts

18. maldito is damn

19. poco a poco is bit by bit

20. perder is to lose or miss

21. comete un error (cometer) is makes a mistake

22. los nervios are nerves

23. cagarse is to shit oneself

24. prosperando (prosperar) is thriving

25. nacerá (nacer) is will be born

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A 23 year old shows up at the hospital unconscious, and the doctors need to figure out what is wrong with her. Can you solve the mystery before the end of the episode?

También, time is running out to get that free lección, so holler at your girl pronto.

Vocabulario:

1. Nació (nacer) is was born

2. Inconsciente is unconscious

3. Fuera de contacto is out of contact

4. Juntas is together

5. Preocuparse is to worry

6. La alarma is alarm

7. Timbró (timbrar) is to chime, go off

8. Seguidas is straight, continuous

9. La ambulancia is ambulance

10. El vómito is vomit

11. Las sábanas are sheets

12. Sudando (sudar) is sweating

13. Sacudidas is shakes

14. Rosa brillante is bright Pink

15. Las pulseras are bracelets

16. Las cuentas are beads

17. Decepcionada is disappointed

18. La prometida is bachelorette

19. Había elegido (elegir) is had chosen

20. La ropa interior is underwear

21. Unas pruebas de sangre are some blood tests

22. El tratamiento is treatment

23. El enveneno is poison

24. El examen toxicológico is toxicology screen

25. Obvia is obvious

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Alyssa shares the story of her love for Spanish at medium speed with 33% Spanish, good for beginners and intermediate alike! Wait to the end for details about a free Spanish lesson with Alyssa!

Vocabulario:

1. El hecho is fact

2. Anciana is old

3. La protagonista is the protagonist, main character

4. Elegir is to choose

5. Me enamoré (enamorarse) is I fell in love

6. Al principio is at the beginning

7. La manera is the way

8. El colegio is high school

9. Ofrecidas is offered

10. La biblioteca is library

11. Discutir is to discuss

12. Extranjero is abroad

13. Arrepentimiento is regret

14. Anfitriona is hostess

15. Sentimiento is feeling

16. Las ventas are sales

17. Puramente is purely

18. Utilizando (utilizar) is utilizing

19. Notar is to notice

20. Empeorando (empeorar) is worsening

21. La epifanía is epiphany

22. Renuncié (renunciar) is I quit

23. Viva is alive

24. Conseguí (conseguir) is I got

25. Doscientos is two hundred

¡Catch you el próximo lunes!

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In an mashup of the fairy tales or cuentos de hadas you may remember, this podcast will make you nostalgic for the days of dragons and princesses, with a twist.

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For today's vocab, see below:

1. Había una vez is once upon a time

2. Encerrada is locked

3. La torre is tower

4. El gabinete is cabinet

5. Se emborrachó (emborracharse) is she got drunk

6. la moto acuática is jetski

7. vigilando (vigilar) is guarding or watching

8. El cabrón is dick

9. Desmoronándose (desmoronarse) is crumbling

10. La axila is armpit

11. La niñez is childhood

12. Transformados is transformed

13. Lógicamente is logically

14. La granja is farm

15. Besa (besar) is kisses

16. Las antigüedades are antiques

17. La cabaña is cabin

18. Perderse is to get lost

19. Transparente is transparent

20. Mantener is to maintain

21. Mortalmente alérgicas is deathly allergic

22. Mató (matar) is killed

23. Desaparecer is to disappear

24. No se dio cuenta (darse cuenta) is she didn’t realize

25. El resto is the rest

Chau, ¡hasta la próxima!

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Meet Melinda, the most fashionable woman you'll ever meet. Try to visualize her three outfits in this humorous podcast about an epic fashion fail.

Vocabulary:

1. El atavío is attire

2. La vestimenta is outfit

3. Desaliñada is grungy

4. La piel is leather

5. Las bragas is underwear

6. El sostén deportivo is sports bra

7. La lima is lime

8. Cuadrada is boxy

9. El monstruo is monster

10. Las curvas are curves

11. La cartera is purse

12. Estampado is pattern

13. La piel de serpiente is snakeskin

14. Desastroso is disastrously

15. Escarchado is frosty

16. El tartán is plaid

17. Peculiar is quirky

18. Las pulseras are bracelets

19. Los brazos are arms

20. El mapache is racoon

21. El cono de tráfico is traffic cone

22. La mancha is stain

23. La talla is size

24. Deseable is desirable

25. El chasquido is buttcrack

See you next semana for a new episode, ¡chau!

This episode is emocionante para mi because I'm announcing my new book, Gringa Guide to Colombia, available on Amazon Kindle, and free for Kindle Unlimited readers: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B3JQBB1D/. To commemorate the launch, our episodio today is all about Colombia, my pais favorito. This one's nice and easy, slow and 25% Spanish, I hope you enjoy!

Vocabulario:

1. Visitar is to visit

2. País is a country

3. Primero de todo is first of all

4. Conoce is know or meet

5. Mundo is world

6. Sabor is flavor

7. Añadir is to add

8. Azúcar is sugar

9. Tinto is black, dark, or red for wine

10. Tour is tour

11. Finca is farm

12. Hospedaje is lodging

13. Precio is Price

14. Sol is sun

15. Primavera is spring

16. Llueve is it rains

17. Meses are months

18. Adicionalmente is additionally

19. Barato is cheap

20. Almuerzo is lunch

21. Costosos is expensive

22. Enfocada is focused

23. Amigables is friendly

24. Ayudar is to help

25. Razones are reasons

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In this episode we meet Maya y Alberto, la pareja del año, a couple that makes us cringe and reminds us that love isn't perfecto. This is the first fast speed episode, with 75% Spanish at the beginning and the whole story in fast Spanish at the end. Are you up for the challenge?

1. El mundo is world

2. Sin aviso is without warning

3. La sala is the living room

4. Enamorarse is to fall in love

5. Audaz is bold

6. Madura is mature

7. Subir is to upload

8. El contenido is content

9. El / la empresarial is entrepreneur

10. El negocio is business

11. Los términos are terms

12. Se puso los ojos en blanco is she rolled her eyes

13. Bella is beautiful

14. Tener suerte is to be lucky

15. Rehusaría (rehusar) is would refuse

16. Se mantiene (mantenerse) is keeps herself

17. Torpe is awkward

18. Alcohol is alcohol

19. Rechazó (rechazar) is to reject

20. Tambalearse is to stagger

21. El hogar is home

22. Dejado is left

23. Quedarse is to stay

24. Desactivó (desactivar) is to deactivate

25. Las relaciones are relationships

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