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Season 3 · Episode 4
It's Dolphin Time
C1Castilian60 min
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Castilianon NetflixTo 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.
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pinchar
to tap (communications), to bugverbLas autoridades sospechaban que alguien había pinchado sus teléfonos.The authorities suspected someone had tapped their phones.rehén
hostagenoun (m/f)La policía negoció durante horas para liberar a los rehenes.The police negotiated for hours to free the hostages.batiscafo
bathyscaphe; here used for a pressurised diving capsulenoun (m)El batiscafo descendió hasta el fondo del lago para explorar los restos del barco.The bathyscaphe descended to the bottom of the lake to explore the ship's remains.cisterna
cistern, water tanknoun (f)Los trabajadores tuvieron que vaciar la cisterna antes de hacer las reparaciones.The workers had to empty the cistern before making the repairs.repetidor
signal repeater, mobile mastnoun (m)La señal rebotó en un repetidor situado en el centro de la ciudad.The signal bounced off a repeater located in the city centre.barrido
sweep, scan (as in a security sweep for bugs)noun (m)El equipo de seguridad realizó un barrido completo de la sala antes de la reunión.The security team carried out a full sweep of the room before the meeting.lingote
ingot (gold bar)noun (m)Encontraron varios lingotes de oro enterrados bajo el suelo del almacén.They found several gold ingots buried under the warehouse floor.a pulso
by sheer effort, by hand, through raw strengthexpressioncolloquialDescribes doing something with nothing but one's own physical force or willpower, without tools or help. Often carries a tone of pride or determination.
Subieron todos los muebles al quinto piso a pulso porque el ascensor estaba roto.They carried all the furniture up to the fifth floor by hand because the lift was broken.
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ni de coña
no way, absolutely notexpressionvulgarVery emphatic refusal. Widely used in everyday informal speech. 'Coña' derives from 'coño' but the phrase itself is extremely common and not always perceived as strongly offensive, context and company determine the force.
¿Que salgo yo esta noche con ese frío? Ni de coña.Me going out tonight in this cold? No way.estar cagado
to be terrified, to be bricking itexpressionvulgarLiterally 'to have defecated oneself'. Used to say someone is scared stiff. The tone here is mocking. Very common in colloquial informal speech among people comfortable with each other.
Se notaba que estaba cagado antes de subir al escenario.You could tell he was terrified before going on stage.me la han metido doblada
they've screwed us over, they've pulled one over on usexpressionvulgarExpresses having been deceived or outmanoeuvred in a particularly humiliating way. The sexual imagery is implicit but the phrase functions as a general idiom for being badly tricked.
Compramos el coche sin revisarlo y al final nos la metieron doblada.We bought the car without checking it and they totally screwed us over.
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