i just finished watching Narcos here’s some vocab + phrases I learnt whilst watching the show, trigger warning: includes swear words / violent language.
los narcos | shorthand for *narcotraficante
el narco(traficante) | drug trafficker
las drogas, los narcóticos | drugs
el laboratorio | laboratory
el lavado de dinero | money laundering
el terrorista | terrorist
el secuestro, los secuestradores | kidnapping, kidnappers
los, las periodistas | journalists
la gente inocente | innocent people
la negociación | negociation
la extradición | extradition
la operación | operation (mission)
el sistema de justicia | the justice system
la policía nacional / local | national / local police
el soborno / sobornar | bribe, to bribe
la corrupción | corruption
el presidente | president
la guerra civil | civil war
las guerrillas | guerrillas
los vigilantes | vigilantes
las armas | arms, weapons
las guerrillas comunistas | communist guerrilla
la comuna | district, projects
hijo de puta, hijueputa | son of a bitch, bastard
marica | dude (Colombia) [can be a slur, don’t use]
me importa un culo | (eng. equivalent) i couldn’t give a rat’s 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
m’ijo / mijo | (term of endearment) lit. (mi hijo) my son
¿sí o qué?, ¿sí o no? | yes or what? / yes or no?
¿plata o plomo? | cash or bullets? lit. silver or lead
darle plomo / plomazo | to give someone lead, to kill someone
nosotros somos bandidos | we’re bandits
yo soy Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria | i am Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria
FUN FACT: Wagner Moura, who plays Escobar, is a Brazilian actor who didn’t 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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