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Season 2 · Episode 3
The Secret
C1CastilianFast dialogueFast: quicker, harder to follow· 21 min
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Castilianon NetflixPaquita le consigue un papel en una serie a Lidia San José, una de sus clientas más antiguas. Las inseguridades de la actriz amenazan con arruinar esta oportunidad.
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barruntarse
to have a hunch, to suspect, to senseverb (pronominal)Ya me barruntaba yo que algo iba mal cuando no llegaron a tiempo.I already had a feeling something was wrong when they didn't arrive on time.acontecer
to happen, to occur (formal/literary register)verb (intransitive)Nadie sabe con exactitud lo que aconteció aquella noche en el pueblo.Nobody knows exactly what happened that night in the village.convenio
collective agreement, union contract (governing pay and conditions)noun (masculine)El sueldo mínimo para ese puesto lo fija el convenio del sector.The minimum wage for that position is set by the sector's collective agreement.marras
the aforementioned, that well-known, that same oldadjective (invariable, postpositive)Al final llamaron al fontanero de marras, el que siempre cobra de más.In the end they called that same old plumber, the one who always overcharges.referir
to report, to tell, to relay (information)verb (transitive)El testigo le refirió al inspector todos los detalles del suceso.The witness relayed all the details of the incident to the inspector.petado
packed, jam-packed, totally fulladjectiveEl metro estaba petado a las nueve de la mañana y no pude ni entrar.The metro was jam-packed at nine in the morning and I couldn't even get on.castin
casting (audition process for a role)noun (masculine)Fue a tres castings distintos antes de conseguir el papel en la serie.She went to three different castings before landing the role in the series.estar que trina
to be furious, to be seethingexpressioncolloquialA fixed idiomatic expression. 'Trinar' literally means for a bird to trill or sing, but this phrase means to be extremely angry. Used widely in everyday speech.
Cuando llegué dos horas tarde sin avisar, mi madre estaba que trinaba.When I arrived two hours late without warning, my mother was absolutely fuming.
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