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Season 3 · Episode 38
A Meeting
La Reina del Sur
C1Latin American42 min
Oleg struggles to play a convincing archaeologist. Faustino finally gets Matos to talk. Teresa persuades Estefanía to wear a wire and confront Mortati.
Expressions to listen for
9gonorrealiterally a venereal disease; used as a harsh insult or, in some contexts, as a term between close friends
vulgarAppears ~4× in this episode
Heavily used in Colombian Spanish. The tone shifts entirely with context: between close friends it can be almost affectionate, but directed at an adversary it is sharply insulting. Outside Colombia it reads as pure insult.
Ese gonorrea me robó la cartera y se fue corriendo.That bastard stole my wallet and ran off.
pirobojerk, idiot (strong insult)
vulgar
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madrugarseto get the jump on someone, to strike first
colloquialAppears ~1× in this episode
Derived from 'madrugar' (to wake up early). In crime/street contexts it means to take someone out before they can act. Context makes meaning clear.
Si no te madrugan ellos, te madrugas tú primero.If they don't get the jump on you, you get the jump on them first.
Key vocabulary
17arqueólogo·archaeologist
noun (m)essential
El arqueólogo pasó meses excavando en el desierto.The archaeologist spent months excavating in the desert.
precolombino·pre-Columbian (artifact)
adjective/nounessential