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Advanced Spanish with Spanish Obsessed
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Advanced Spanish - lively and natural Spanish conversations around a range of engaging topics. Couple Liz and Rob (Colombian and English) share anecdotes, Spanish vocabulary, phrases, and much more in a series of real conversations. Rob's not a native speaker, so you can hear Liz correct him occasionally, as well as hear her crystalline Colombian Spanish. We also interview other guests, providing a range of different accents from all over the Spanish speaking world. Learn slang from various regions of Spain, Colombia, Mexico, and more. We update once to twice a week, so make sure that you subscribe using the button on the left. Also, check out our world of Spanish material, articles, and general Spanish love at SpanishObsessed.com!
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Preguntas con Pilar: Los hábitos de los estudiantes exitosos
FREE: (Finally) master the subjunctive. Get our cheatsheet of the most common subjunctive phrases and triggers: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet What do the fastest-improving Spanish students have in common? Colombian teacher Pilar has watched plenty of them, and her answer isn't more class…
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Preguntas con Pilar 3: La emigración de Colombia
Get this episode's full transcript free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word, and get how to say "put down roots" in Spanish, phrases you can tap to see what they really mean, and the part of Spanish Rob says he'll always struggle with: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/transcripts When Rob...
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Preguntas con Pilar 2: Mexico
Ready to break into advanced Spanish? Start with the subjunctive. Free cheatsheet of the key phrases and triggers: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Why does a Mexican waiter's question break the grammar Rob learned in his third Spanish class? Pilar, a teacher from Bogotá, reveals the irregular...
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Preguntas con Pilar: Conocer a Pilar
Unlock the full transcript of this episode, plus 2 more, free. Don't miss a single word of Pilar's Bogotá Spanish, and get the reason Colombians say se me olvidó instead of olvidé, notes on the grammar, and the phrase about a pigeon that trips Rob up: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/transcripts Why does…
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Advanced 31: La Gestión Urbana
Free for listeners: the subjunctive cheatsheet, with the most common phrases and triggers in one download: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Lis's sister Judith has a confession: what she used to do with Lis's homework, and the look she got for it. Then, drawing on her thesis on global cities…
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Advanced 30: Ser popular
Read this episode word for word, free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word about school popularity, and get phrases like "ponerse al tanto" and "tomar unas pintas", every line in Spanish and English, and the phone call that turned a sad day around: 👉...
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Advanced 29: Education
Rob, Lis and Colombian friend Dani talk about the education systems of UK vs Colombia and Latin America
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Advanced 28: Interviews
Still tripping over the subjunctive? Our free cheatsheet gives you the most common phrases and triggers, ready to use: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Lis had just one relaxed job interview back in Colombia, and Rob has his suspicions about how she got the job. In England she faced a panel of...
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Advanced 27: News of a kidnapping
Get this episode's full transcript free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word of this rich, formal Colombian Spanish, and get idioms like "la piedra en el zapato", the English for every line, and the wry joke the guest makes about his own English: 👉…
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Advanced 25: Javi de España
Unlock the full transcript of this episode, plus 2 more, free. Don't miss a single word of Javi's accent from Valladolid, and get everyday phrases like "me da pereza" and "chaval", every line in Spanish and English, and what happened to his Italian: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/transcripts Javi from...
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Advanced 26: A very brief gastronomic tour of Spain
Know the rules but freeze when you need the subjunctive? Get the free cheatsheet of phrases you'll actually use: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Rob sits down with Javi from Valladolid, a good chance to tune your ear to Castilian Spanish from central Spain. Javi has lived in London for six…
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Advanced 24: Nuria de España
FREE: (Finally) master the subjunctive. Get our cheatsheet of the most common subjunctive phrases and triggers: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet It took Spanish Obsessed a surprisingly long time to interview someone from Spain. Nuria, from Alicante, finally puts that right, and her accent from...
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Advanced 23: Vanessa de Argentina
Read this episode word for word, free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word of that Argentine "sh", and get how "vos" sounds in everyday speech, the English for every line, and what went wrong with an asado on a trip to Spain: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/transcripts Vanessa, from…
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Advanced 22: Conversación de copas y niñas
Ready to break into advanced Spanish? Start with the subjunctive. Free cheatsheet of the key phrases and triggers: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Lis sits down with Mexican guest Mariana, whose surname suits her perfectly, for the kind of chat saved for drinks with the girls: Latin men versus...
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Advanced 20: El viaje, part two
Free for listeners: the subjunctive cheatsheet, with the most common phrases and triggers in one download: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet In the neighbourhood where Lis's family lives, a guard whistles every minute, all night, while Rob tries to sleep, and there's a reason for it. Next comes a...
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Advanced 21: Mariana La Mexicana
Get this episode's full transcript free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word as Rob's stereotypes about Mexico get put right, and get how to say "cool" like a local, the Mexican expressions explained, and the beer drink some people compare to seafood soup: 👉...
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Advanced 19: El viaje, part one
Unlock the full transcript of this episode, plus 2 more, free. Don't miss a single word of Lis's surprise trip home, and get Colombian expressions like "¡Ay china!" and "muy chévere", every line in Spanish and English, and the plan to post herself to her mum in a box: 👉...
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Advanced 17: Colombia's big weekend
Read this episode word for word, free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word of Colombia's big weekend, and get the regional nicknames, from rolos to pastusos, the English for every line, and what it really means to "votar con guayabo": 👉 spanishobsessed.com/transcripts Colombia...
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Advanced 18: Spanish in the USA
Still tripping over the subjunctive? Our free cheatsheet gives you the most common phrases and triggers, ready to use: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Rob asks Lis which country has the most Spanish speakers, and her answer isn't the one he's looking for. Then come the surprises: a...
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Advanced 16: Clarissa
Know the rules but freeze when you need the subjunctive? Get the free cheatsheet of phrases you'll actually use: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Clarissa was born in Venezuela with Italian roots and spent 17 years in Italy, so which side wins when she has to choose? In London, she's struck by…
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Advanced 15: Driving
Get this episode's full transcript free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word about Lis's "muy ficticia" driving licence, and get the Colombian way to talk about reversing, every line in Spanish and English, and how you can fail England's driving test in minute one: 👉...
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Advanced Spanish 14: La Leyenda del Dorado
FREE: (Finally) master the subjunctive. Get our cheatsheet of the most common subjunctive phrases and triggers: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet What did gold mean to the Muisca, if not money? After a family trip to the British Museum's El Dorado exhibition, Lis explains what really went on at...
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Advanced Spanish 13: La Política
Unlock the full transcript of this episode, plus 2 more, free. Don't miss a single word as Lis explains how Colombians vote, and get phrases like "mover todas sus fichas" and "entre comillas", notes on the slang, and why a voter in Bogotá might back a senator who represents Cartagena: 👉...
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Advanced Spanish 12: Maria de Peru
Ready to break into advanced Spanish? Start with the subjunctive. Free cheatsheet of the key phrases and triggers: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Maria, from Piura on Peru's northern coast, landed at Heathrow alone, with no plan and not a word of English. Nobody was waiting for her, so how did...
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Advanced Spanish 11: Travel around South America
Read this episode word for word, free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word of three South American must-sees, and get the word every traveller to the Andes should know, the English for every line, and a hotel where even the chairs are made of salt: 👉...
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Advanced Spanish 10: Mexican Spanish
Free for listeners: the subjunctive cheatsheet, with the most common phrases and triggers in one download: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet What do Mexicans say instead of "cool", and when does "padre" stop meaning father? Lis sits down with Bárbara from Guadalajara for a crash course in the…
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Advanced Spanish 9: Peace in Colombia
Get this episode's full transcript free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word, and get phrases like "no da abasto" and "siempre y cuando", highlights you can tap to see what they really mean, and the only trouble Lis can remember, which involves a Discman: 👉...
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Advanced Spanish 8: Salsa
Still tripping over the subjunctive? Our free cheatsheet gives you the most common phrases and triggers, ready to use: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Why do people ask Lis if she's from Cali when they see her dance? She grew up in Bogotá watching her older sisters rehearse salsa steps in the...
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Advanced Spanish 7: Holidays
Unlock the full transcript of this episode, plus 2 more, free. Don't miss a single word, and get the Spanish for long weekends, landslides and backpacking trips, every line in Spanish and English, and how a 200-kilometre trip that should have taken two or three hours took fifteen: 👉...
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Advanced Spanish 6:Alberto
Know the rules but freeze when you need the subjunctive? Get the free cheatsheet of phrases you'll actually use: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Tune your ear to Colombian Spanish as Rob sits down with Alberto, his "adopted father-in-law", who has lived in London for 19 years. How did an...
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Advanced Spanish 5: La Rumba!
Read this episode word for word, free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word of a Bogotá night out, and get the slang for a night of "rumbear", notes on what it all means, and why the lights come on at three in the morning: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/transcripts What does a night of...
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Advanced Spanish 4: Sonia la Cubana!
FREE: (Finally) master the subjunctive. Get our cheatsheet of the most common subjunctive phrases and triggers: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet Sonia moved from Cuba to Spain, spent twelve years there, then landed in London, and she has plenty to say about all three. Her very first answer…
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Advanced Spanish 3: Como conquistar a las chicas!
Get this episode's full transcript free, plus 2 more of your choice. Don't miss a single word of Lis's rules for winning someone over, and get the English for every line, how to say "don't be so forward", and the Colombian phrase for couples who won't admit they met online: 👉...
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Advanced Spanish 2: Como es Vivir en Otro País?
Ready to break into advanced Spanish? Start with the subjunctive. Free cheatsheet of the key phrases and triggers: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/cheatsheet What do you miss most when you move abroad? Lis left Colombia for the first time to live in London, putting law on hold to learn English, and…
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Advanced Spanish 1: Acerca de Colombia
Unlock the full transcript of this episode, plus 2 more, free. Don't miss a single word of Lis's Bogotá accent, and get every line in English, the Colombian expressions explained, and the three words she uses to sum up her country: 👉 spanishobsessed.com/transcripts It's Lis's first ever episode,...
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Advanced Spanish - lively and natural Spanish conversations around a range of engaging topics. Couple Liz and Rob (Colombian and English) share anecdotes, Spanish vocabulary, phrases, and much more in a series of real conversations. Rob's not a native speaker, so you can hear Liz correct him occasionally, as well as hear her crystalline Colombian Spanish. We also interview other guests, providing a range of different accents from all over the Spanish speaking world. Learn slang from various regions of Spain, Colombia, Mexico, and more. We update once to twice a week, so make sure that you subscribe using the button on the left. Also, check out our world of Spanish material, articles, and general Spanish love at SpanishObsessed.com!
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