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Season 2 · Episode 2
Money Heist
C1Castilian60 min
CastilianTo carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion - memorizing every step, every detail, every probability - culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.
Expressions to listen for
8una somanta de hostiasa serious beating, a thorough thrashing
vulgarAppears ~1× in this episode
'Hostia' is one of the most versatile vulgar intensifiers in Castilian Spanish. 'Somanta' means a sustained beating. Together they form a vivid threat of physical violence. The phrase is extremely colloquial and would only be used in very informal or confrontational speech.
Como no te calles, te voy a dar una somanta de hostias.If you don't shut up, I'm going to give you a proper thrashing.
follarseto have sex with (crude)
vulgar
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estar hasta las trancasto be totally absorbed in something, to be in deep, to be completely full (of a substance)
colloquialAppears ~2× in this episode
Versatile intensifier. 'Trancas' are the bars used to bolt a door, the image is of being blocked in up to the bolts. Used both for emotional states ('enamorado hasta las trancas' = head over heels) and physical saturation.
Está hasta las trancas de trabajo y no puede salir esta tarde.She's completely buried in work and can't go out this afternoon.
Key vocabulary
17detenido·detainee, person under arrest
noun/adjective (m)essentialAppears ~3× in this episode
El juez ordenó que el detenido fuera trasladado a otro centro penitenciario.The judge ordered the detainee to be transferred to another prison.
perímetro·perimeter, security cordon