Un Día En Español 7: ‘Taking’ The Subway In Buenos Aires

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Episode 7: “Taking” The Subway In Buenos Aires

Daphene, a Puerto Rican exchange student in Buenos Aires, is trying to navigate the big city that she temporarily calls home. One day, while taking the subway to school, she realizes that she has to adapt her Puerto Rican Spanish, and that even native speakers of Spanish can make hilarious mistakes. Listener beware: you may feel some second-hand embarrassment for Daphene!

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Key Vocabulary

mudarse	to move (houses)
el intercambio de estudios	student exchange program (lit. study exchange)
el barrio	the neighborhood
el/la estudiante de intercambio	exchange student
lejos	far
cerca	near
autobús, guagua (Puerto Rico, Cuba, Dominican Republic)	bus
tren, ferrocarril	train
metro, subte (Argentina)	subway
a pie	on foot
todo recto	straight ahead
girar	to turn
hasta	until
la calle	the street
subirse al metro	to get on the subway
bajarse del metro	to get off the subway
chistoso	funny
vergonzoso	embarrassing

Dynamic Transcript

Show Notes

Un día en español is produced by the language experts at Babbel. The show is hosted by Sebastian Escobar. Editing and sound design by Iván Simonovis Pertiñez. Our producers are Elin Asklöv, Carmela López, Dylan Lyons, Andy Nielsen and Madeleine Townsend-Clark. Our executive producers are Jen Jordan and Daniel Meehan. Special thanks to Daphene Marie Vélez for sharing her story on this episode.

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