Shakira subtitled video: TV Interview

¡Vaya! It took me forever, sorry for that! Well, as we use to say, más vale tarde que nunca (better late than never) :)

So, here you are a new Spanish video, subtitled in Spanish. Here, Claudia Palacios, a well-known Latin-American journalist and newscaster, interviews Shakira. Both of them are Colombian.

Spanish phrases you may need to know

• Llegar a ser aprobada: to become approved, to go so far as to be approved.
• Se verían beneficiados: they would find themselves benefited.
• O sea: in other words / that is to say.
• Educación primaria: primary/elementary education.
• Supremamente: highly/supremely (in Spain we would say sumamente).
• En la medida de lo posible: as far as possible.
• Llevar nueve años de trabajo: to have been working for nine years.
• Cómo piensas convencerlos: How do you plan to convince them.
• Aterrizado: down to earth, with one’s feet on the ground (literally: landed; el avión ha aterrizado, the plain has landed. I didn’t know this expression, we don’t use it at all in Spain :)).
• Te estamos extrañando: we are missing you (in Spain it would be te estamos echando de menos).
• Ha culminado el proceso de gestación: the conception process has concluded.
• Nos hemos ido de gira: we have been on tours.
• Queremos comprender toda la región: we want to cover the whole region.
• Adinerado/a: wealthy.
• Tres billones de dólares: as you already know (if you read my article about Spanish numbers), in Spanish un billón means “a million of millions”. I think here Shakira really means “three billion dollars”.

About Shakira’s initiatives towards children in need

• Global Campaign for Education.
• Fundación Pies Descalzos.
• Fundación Alas.

Jun.19.2008 :: Pronunciation :: 2 Comments »

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