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Season 4 · Episode 9
Future Stock
B2LatAm dubRelaxed dialogueRelaxed: slower, easier to followon Hulu
With Planet Express in financial trouble, Fry nominates a flashy businessman from the 1980s to replace Professor Farnsworth as CEO of the company.
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acciones
shares, stocksnoun (f, plural)Compré acciones de esa empresa cuando el precio estaba muy bajo.I bought shares in that company when the price was very low.accionista
shareholder, stockholdernoun (m/f)Los accionistas votaron a favor del nuevo director en la reunión anual.The shareholders voted in favor of the new director at the annual meeting.director general
CEO, general directornoun phrase (m)El director general presentó el informe anual ante la junta.The CEO presented the annual report before the board.compra hostil
hostile takeovernoun phrase (f)La compra hostil fue bloqueada por los accionistas minoritarios.The hostile takeover was blocked by the minority shareholders.despedir
to fire, to dismiss (an employee)verbLa empresa despidió a veinte empleados sin previo aviso.The company fired twenty employees without prior notice.quiebra
bankruptcy, financial ruinnoun (f)La empresa declaró quiebra después de años de pérdidas continuas.The company declared bankruptcy after years of continuous losses.ganancias
earnings, profits, gainsnoun (f, plural)Las ganancias del trimestre superaron todas las expectativas.The quarter's profits exceeded all expectations.vaciar la empresa
to strip the company (of its assets), to gut the companyexpressioncolloquialIn a business context, vaciar goes beyond its literal meaning of emptying a container. It describes the practice of stripping a company of its valuable assets after a takeover, leaving it hollowed out. The image is non-compositional in this corporate register.
Después de la adquisición, los nuevos dueños vaciaron la empresa y cerraron todas las sucursales.After the acquisition, the new owners stripped the company and closed all its branches.en blanco
blank, without content, (drawing a) blankexpressioncolloquialLiterally means white or blank, but used in speech to signal a gap, an unspecified detail, or a mental blank (not knowing what to say). The phrase is versatile and idiomatic when used to represent an unknown variable in a statement, similar to saying blank in English.
Cuando el jefe preguntó por el plan, todos se quedaron en blanco.When the boss asked about the plan, everyone drew a blank.
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