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Season 1 · Episode 47
Una fiesta, una canción
B2ArgentineFast dialogueFast: quicker, harder to follow· 45 min
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Argentineon Disney PlusA musically-talented teenager returns to her native Buenos Aires after living in Europe.
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vos
you (singular informal)expressionThe standard second-person singular pronoun in Rioplatense Spanish, replacing tú entirely. It takes its own verb forms (e.g. vos tenés, vos sabés, vos querés). Completely unmarked in everyday Argentine speech, used with everyone from friends to strangers in casual contexts.
Vos sabés mejor que nadie cómo terminó esa historia.You know better than anyone how that story ended.cumpleaños
birthdaynoun (m)El cumpleaños de mi abuela es en julio y siempre lo festejamos con toda la familia.My grandmother's birthday is in July and we always celebrate it with the whole family.disfraz
costume, disguisenoun (m)Todavía no decidí de qué disfraz me voy a poner para el carnaval.I still haven't decided what costume I'm going to wear for carnival.fiesta sorpresa
surprise partynoun phrase (f)Le organizamos una fiesta sorpresa a Marcos y casi se desmaya cuando entró.We threw Marcos a surprise party and he almost fainted when he walked in.coreografía
choreographynoun (f)Ensayaron la coreografía durante tres horas para que quedara perfecta.They rehearsed the choreography for three hours to get it perfect.reprobar
to fail (an exam or student)verbSi no estudiás para el examen, te van a reprobar sin dudas.If you don't study for the exam, they'll definitely fail you.espía
spy, informantnoun (m/f)Alguien les avisó a los rivales sobre nuestros planes, hay un espía entre nosotros.Someone tipped off the rivals about our plans, there's a spy among us.amenazar
to threatenverbMe amenazó con contar todo si no le devolvía el dinero.He threatened to tell everyone if I didn't give him the money back.hacerte quedar mal
to make you look bad, to embarrass you in front of othersexpressioncolloquial'Quedar mal' describes how one comes across to others, not internal feelings. 'Me hiciste quedar mal' means the other person caused you to look bad in someone else's eyes. The construction 'quedar + adjective' to describe social impression is very productive in Argentine Spanish.
No hagas eso delante de mis jefes, me vas a hacer quedar mal.Don't do that in front of my bosses, you're going to make me look bad.
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