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Season 4 · Episode 8
Days of Future Past
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Castilianon ViX PremiumA dead body of a one-year-old is found near the Ministry's headquarters. As Salvador confesses to the crime, he offers an explanation by telling a tale of how Julian found himself in the year 2070.
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el subsecretario
undersecretary / deputy ministernoun (masculine)El subsecretario firmó los documentos antes de que llegara el ministro.The undersecretary signed the documents before the minister arrived.el agente
agent / operativenoun (masculine)El agente recibió instrucciones confidenciales antes de salir al campo.The operative received confidential instructions before heading out into the field.el anacronópete
anacronópete (a fictional time-travel vessel)noun (masculine)El anacronópete era capaz de trasladar a sus pasajeros a cualquier época con precisión.The anacronópete was capable of transporting its passengers to any era with precision.la línea temporal
timeline / temporal linenoun phrase (feminine)Cualquier cambio en el pasado podría alterar la línea temporal de manera irreversible.Any change in the past could alter the timeline irreversibly.el secuestro / secuestrar
kidnapping / to kidnapnoun (masculine) / verbLa policía investigó el secuestro durante varios meses sin encontrar pistas.The police investigated the kidnapping for several months without finding any leads.el orfanato / el hospicio
orphanage / poorhousenoun (masculine)El niño creció en un orfanato hasta que una familia lo acogió con cariño.The child grew up in an orphanage until a family took him in with love.la dictadura
dictatorshipnoun (feminine)Durante la dictadura, la libertad de prensa quedó completamente suprimida.During the dictatorship, freedom of the press was completely suppressed.
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joder
fuck / bloody hell / damnexpressionvulgarOne of the most versatile expletives. Can express anything from mild annoyance to genuine shock or even admiration ('¡Joder, qué bueno está esto!'). Very common even in semi-formal speech and on television, where it loses some of its shock value.
Joder, no me esperaba que la reunión durase cuatro horas.Bloody hell, I didn't expect the meeting to last four hours.coño
damn / for fuck's sake / what the hellexpressionvulgarExtremely common as an exclamation expressing surprise, frustration, or emphasis. Its force ranges from mild irritation to genuine anger depending on tone. Heard constantly in everyday speech and almost never sounds clinical or shocking to native speakers in casual contexts.
¡Coño, ya son las tres de la mañana y todavía no has llegado a casa!For fuck's sake, it's already three in the morning and you still haven't come home!puta / puto
fucking (intensifier) / bloodyexpressionvulgarUsed as an intensifying adjective before a noun ('puta mariposa', 'puto trabajo'). Conveys strong negative emphasis or frustration. When someone says 'la puta mariposa', they are not calling the butterfly a prostitute, they are using 'puta' purely as an intensifier expressing exasperation.
No encuentro el puto cargador del móvil por ninguna parte.I can't find the bloody phone charger anywhere.
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