i just finished watching Narcos hereās some vocab + phrases I learnt whilst watching the show, trigger warning: includes swear words / violent language.Ā
los narcos | shorthand for *narcotraficante
el narco(traficante) | drug trafficker
las drogas, los narcĆ³ticos | drugs
el laboratorio | laboratory
el lavado de dinero | money laundering
el terrorista | terrorist
el secuestro, los secuestradores | kidnapping, kidnappers
los, las periodistas | journalists
lasĀ vĆctimasĀ | victim(s)
la gente inocente | innocent people
la negociaciĆ³n | negociation
la extradiciĆ³n | extradition
la operaciĆ³n | operation (mission)
el sistema de justicia | the justice system
la policĆa nacional / local | national / local police
el soborno / sobornar | bribe, to bribe
la corrupciĆ³n | corruption
el presidente | president
el polĆtico | politician
la guerra civil | civil war
las guerrillas | guerrillas
los vigilantes | vigilantesĀ
las armas | arms, weapons
las guerrillas comunistas | communist guerrilla
la comuna | district, projects
hijo de puta,Ā hijueputa | son of a bitch, bastard
marica | dude (Colombia) [can be a slur, donāt use]
me importa un culo | (eng. equivalent) i couldnāt give a ratās ass
malparido | son of a bitch, bastard
el, la parcero/a | friend
el, la gringo/a | white person / a foreigner
un billete / billetico | a large sum of money
māijo / mijo | (term of endearment)Ā lit. (mi hijo) my son
ĀæsĆ o quĆ©?, ĀæsĆ o no? | yes or what? / yes or no?
Āæplata o plomo? | cash or bullets? lit. silver or lead
darle plomo / plomazo | to give someone lead, to kill someone
nosotros somos bandidos | weāre bandits
yo soy Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria | i amĀ Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
FUN FACT:Ā Wagner Moura, who plays Escobar, is a Brazilian actor who didnāt speak a word of Spanish before the show and he learnt Spanish in just 3 months before they began shooting! How incredible!
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