Season 7 - Episode 75. ¡Porque yo lo digo!

7-day FREE trial of our Intermediate Spanish course, Spanish Uncovered: ⁠⁠www.storylearning.com/podcastoffer⁠⁠ Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/storylearningspanish⁠⁠ Glossary imponente: imposing pared: wall predio: premises decenas: tens (used in a similar way to the English “dozens”) rejas: fences alambre de púa: barbed wire someterse: to submit cacheo: frisk escoltar: to escort tutear: to talk to someone using the familiar second person pronoun “tú” instead of the more formal “usted” Follow us on social media and more: ⁠⁠www.linktr.ee/storylearningspanish

7-day FREE trial of our Intermediate Spanish course, Spanish Uncovered: ⁠⁠www.storylearning.com/podcastoffer⁠⁠ Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/storylearningspanish⁠⁠ Glossary hedor: stench extenuados: exhausted justicia: justice arder: to burn ascensor: lift botones: bellboy insoportable: unbearable ducha: shower restregar: to scrub precipitarse: to rush into poner al día: to bring someone up to speed apestar: to stink Follow us on social media and more: ⁠⁠www.linktr.ee/storylearningspanish

7-day FREE trial of our Intermediate Spanish course, Spanish Uncovered: ⁠⁠www.storylearning.com/podcastoffer⁠⁠ Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/storylearningspanish⁠⁠ Glossary camionero: truck driver arrimarse: to get close banquina: road shoulder aupar: to give a leg up muñeco: doll espejo retrovisor: rearview mirror bambolearse: to wobble cigarrillo: cigarette cenicero: ashtray colillas: cigarette butts aplastadas: crushed camionero: truck driver demacrados: haggard curtida: weather-beaten prestada: borrowed asambleísta: representative Follow us on social media and more: ⁠⁠www.linktr.ee/storylearningspanish

7-day FREE trial of our Intermediate Spanish course, Spanish Uncovered: ⁠⁠www.storylearning.com/podcastoffer⁠⁠ Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/storylearningspanish⁠⁠ Glossary nieta: granddaughter recompensar: to reward levantar el ánimo: to lift spirits pliegues: folds bata: robe tejida: knitted incrustada: embedded precisar: to need Follow us on social media and more: ⁠⁠www.linktr.ee/storylearningspanish

7-day FREE trial of our Intermediate Spanish course, Spanish Uncovered: ⁠⁠www.storylearning.com/podcastoffer⁠⁠ Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/storylearningspanish⁠⁠ Glossary partera: midwife mellizos: twins remiendos: patches nacimientos: births presenciados: witnessed paño: cloth frente: forehead chillido: squeal perforar: to pierce reinar: to rule madre primeriza: first-time mother ojeras: dark circles under the eyes quedar en segundo plano: to be pushed to the background vientre: womb retoño: sprout mariposa: butterfly revolotear: to flutter Pillpicha: “Little Butterfly” in Quechua Follow us on social media and more: ⁠⁠www.linktr.ee/storylearningspanish

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7-day FREE trial of our Intermediate Spanish course, Spanish Uncovered: ⁠⁠www.storylearning.com/podcastoffer⁠⁠ Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/storylearningspanish⁠⁠ Glossary a regañadientes: reluctantly quedarse de brazos cruzados: stand idly by encantadora: charming muebles: furniture apegada: attached pertenencias: belongings almacenamiento: storage víveres: food amuchados: crammed estupefacta: astonished relato: tale concordar: to agree Follow us on social media and more: ⁠⁠www.linktr.ee/storylearningspanish

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7-day FREE trial of our Intermediate Spanish course, Spanish Uncovered: ⁠⁠www.storylearning.com/podcastoffer⁠⁠ Join us on Patreon: ⁠⁠www.patreon.com/storylearningspanish⁠⁠ Glossary rasgados: almond-shaped frotarse: to rub sienes: temples adolorido: sore sonarse: to crack nudillos: knuckles encarcelado: imprisoned ponerse en ronda: to get in a circle Follow us on social media and more: ⁠⁠www.linktr.ee/storylearningspanish