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Season 2 · Episode 6
Chapter 14: Loneliness
B2CastilianFast dialogueFast: quicker, harder to follow· 50 min
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Castilianon NetflixLidia gets a tempting offer. Carlota and her friends respond to a plea for help. Angeles takes a risky step in order to learn the witness's identity.
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witnessnoun (m/f)El testigo declaró ante el juez lo que había visto aquella noche.The witness testified before the judge about what he had seen that night.embarazada
pregnantadjectiveMi hermana está embarazada de cuatro meses y ya se le nota.My sister is four months pregnant and it's already showing.¿qué pasa?
what's going on? / what's wrong? / what's up?expressioncolloquialCan be a genuine question, a challenge, or a conversation opener depending on tone. When said sharply in a confrontation, it functions as 'what's your problem?'
¿Qué pasa, que nadie me avisa cuando hay una reunión?What's going on, nobody tells me when there's a meeting?hacerse cargo
to take charge of / to take responsibility forverbal phraseCuando falleció su padre, ella tuvo que hacerse cargo del negocio familiar.When her father passed away, she had to take charge of the family business.nulidad matrimonial
marriage annulmentnoun phrase (f)Tras años de trámites, obtuvieron la nulidad matrimonial por la vía eclesiástica.After years of proceedings, they obtained their marriage annulment through ecclesiastical channels.meterse
to get involved / to butt inexpressioncolloquialUsed in the imperative 'no te metas' to tell someone to stay out of something. Very common in everyday confrontational speech.
Oye, que esto no va contigo, así que no te metas.Hey, this has nothing to do with you, so don't butt in.somnífero
sleeping pill / sedativenoun (m)El médico le recetó un somnífero suave para combatir el insomnio.The doctor prescribed a mild sleeping pill to combat the insomnia.consentimiento
consentnoun (m)Sin el consentimiento firmado del paciente, no se puede realizar la intervención.Without the patient's signed consent, the procedure cannot be carried out.hacerse el loco / hacerse la loca / hacerse la tonta
to play dumb / to pretend not to knowexpressioncolloquialUsed to accuse someone of deliberately feigning ignorance. The gender of the adjective matches the subject. Very common in accusatory speech.
No te hagas la loca, que perfectamente sabes de lo que te estoy hablando.Don't play dumb, you know perfectly well what I'm talking about.desviación
deviation / aberration (used euphemistically here for non-normative identity)noun (f)En décadas pasadas, la medicina catalogaba ciertos comportamientos como desviaciones sin base científica alguna.In past decades, medicine classified certain behaviours as deviations without any scientific basis.
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