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From Scenes Season 2 | Chapter 9: La primavera y sus amores — Mar 19, 2026
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Which is what people need right now. Reliability, predictability. Affordable wireless service isn't a perk. It's a difference. And listeners, if you don't believe me, you can check it out at tmobile.com forward slash switch . Best mobile network based on analysis by UCLIF Speedest Intelligence Data 2H 2025. Price guarantee on Talk tax and data exclusions like taxes and fees apply. Based on Harris X bill and snapshots from Q321 and Q425 compared to average ATT and prize and bills. Comparison excludes discounts, credits, and optional charges. For more details, see Harris X.com slash T Mobile-Bills . Scenes from the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe Season Two, Lesson Nine Hola a todos y bienvenidos a Coffee Break Spanish. Yo soy Mark. Y yo soy Pablo. Cuéntame, Pablo, ¿cómo estás hoy? Muy bien, un poquito resfriado, pero bien. ¿Y tú? Bien, bien, pero hace frío, ¿no? Hace frío, sí. Finalmente, estamos en invierno y por eso estamos escuchando las historias del café in España y para darnos un poco de calor. We're back with another episode of the Coffee Break Spanish Cafe, and we will be experiencing another scene from that cafe today. If this is the first episode you've listened to, make sure you go back and listen to the first season and then our second season, and you can follow the whole story as you go and learn some Spanish at the same time. Bueno, Pablo, ¿qué vamos a hacer hoy en el café? ¿Qué vamos a ver? CEPA. Pues es un capítulo muy interesante. Y bueno, no quiero anticipar nada, porque creo que nuestros oyentes lo van a disfrutar mucho. Vale, vale. Pues como siempre, vamos a escuchar el texto, luego explicaremos un poco la gramática, el lenguaje que utilizamos y luego escucharemos otra vez. Está terminando otra cálida tarde de primavera . Aún es de día, pero pronto oscure cerá . Ahora los días son más largos y eso me llena de energía positiva . Ayer se celebró la fiesta grande del barrio. Hoy es el último día de festejos . Algunos feriantes vienen al bar a despedir se hasta el próximo año. Estos días tenemos mucho mov imiento . Desayunos de resaca o de Almuerz antes de ir a tomar unas copas con los amigos y bailar, y cenas tardías después de un día de amigos, cantes y bailes . Son días intensos, pero de lo más alegres . Hoy he sido testigo de los tiernos result ados de estas fiestas. Los primeros amores . Intentando pasar desapercibida había una chica de unos 16 a ños. Estaba claro que esperaba a alguien espe cial . Y es que, como dicen, la primavera, la sangre altera. De pronto llegó ese alguien especial . Entró con decisión. Llevaba un casco de moto en el brazo y el olor de su colon ia invadió todo el local. Mientras él buscaba con la mirada, moviendo la cabeza de un lado a otro, ella se hacía la interes ante mirando el móvil y sonriendo, divertida . En un cruce de miradas con el apuesto jovencito aproveché para indicarle, inclinando la cabeza hacia un lado, la ubicación de su amiga. Cuando por fin logró encontrarla, volvimos a compartir miradas. Me sonrió agrade cido y no pude evitar guiñarle un ojo, animándolo para su grancita. Se acercó a la mesa y la saludó con un beso en la mejilla. La chica lo miró con un brillo mágico en los ojos. Él se sentó frente a ella. Los dos parecían muy emocionados y embebidos , el uno en el otro . Qué bonito, qué salseo se cuece en el ambiente. Me ha encantado. Está terminando otra cálida tarde de primav So another cal idad tarde, another warm evening de primavera of springtime is coming to an end. I like this estar terminando , a progressive Muy bien. So aún es de día, it's still daytime, it's still daylight, I guess. Pero pronto oscurecerá. Ahora los días son más largos y eso me llena de energía It's kind of the opposite as we record this at the other end of the year. And this ¿Qué prefieres tú, Pablo? ¿El otoño o la primavera? Bueno, yo creo que no te tengo que responder a esta pregunta Con muchísima diferencia, la primav era. But do you think the days are very large? If I'm sincere, I'm gonna the colors of the oil . But there's a little melancholy in the oatme I mean it's a lot Me gusta esta sensa esta sensación de prepararte para para el invierno para estar bien al interior y todo eso. Sí, pero no me gusta la oscuridad que los días sean tan cortos en invierno en Escocia. Por el contrario, tenemos lo opuesto en primavera cuando hasta las 11 de la noche es prácticamente de día. Eso me encanta. Pues muy bien. Ok, vamos a continuar. Ayer se celebró la fiesta grande del barrio. Hoy es el último día de festejos. So ayer se celebró. Yesterday was celebrated, or yesterday the Fiesta Grande del Bia del Barrio, the big neighborhood festival was held. Hoy es el ultimo dia de festejos. Today is the last day of festivities of celebrations. Sí, muy bien. Algunos feriantes vienen al bar a despedirse hasta el próximo año. So feriantes is an interesting word because it's linked to la feria. So are these people who work at the fair holders perhaps? Okay, so some stallholders viene al bar come to the bar are to say goodbye, that reflexive verb. Hasta el prox imo año. Estos días tenemos mucho movimiento. Desayunos de resaca o fin de fiesta. I love the sentence because there's lots in it. So these days literally we have a lot of movement, but it means there's lots going on. So what are these things that are going on? Desayunos de resaca o de fin de fiesta. So these are breakfasts of overs. Tener resaca o estar de resaca. Puedes usar ambas. Okay. So to have a hangover to be hungover or the fin de fiesta or the the the hangover hasn't started yet because there's still the end of the end of party breakfasts basically. And then we have almuertos antes de ir atomarunas copas con los amigos y bailar, so there we have lunches which are before going for drinks and dancing with friends. And late dinners después de un día de amigos, cantes y bailes. After a full day of friends singing and dancing. Me hace mucha gracia que aquí tengamos el adjetivo tardías, cenas tardías, porque ya sabes que en España las cenas de por sí son bastante tarde. Entonces, si estamos especificando que son tardías. Es que deben ser muy tarde. Quizás a las diez y media. Once. Yo cuando reserve my amigos, normally the reserve at the nine and die. Wow, wow, wow, wow. I mean it's a differ diffenterent concept also because of the heat and so on, especially if it's getting hot. Um you don't want to be eating too early. No but at the same time I struggle a little bit eating uh half to night. Sinceramente , yo acostumbrando mucho a los horarios británicos and ar . But when España sigo manteniendo las costumbres, por supuesto. So maybe that's an indication as to where this this cafe might Y aquí, como vimos en la primera temporada, podemos decir también de lo más alegre. Sí, muy interesante. Hoy he sido testigo de los tiernos resultados de estas fiestas, los primeros amores. So hoy he sido testigo. I have been witness to witness to the los tiernos resultados de estas fiestas of the sweet, the tender results of these festi vites. Los primeros amores, the Young First Loves Or something like that. Intentando pasar desapercibida había una chica de unos dieciséis años. So that would be unnoticed. Había una chica de unos dieciséis años. So this girl of about sixteen was trying to blend in. So it was clear, estaba claro que esperaba that she was waiting a alguien for someone especial . And just to pick up on esperar, because we know that that verb And the crucial thing in Spanish is that we remember that the word for is already in the verb. It's esper ar. So we don't introduce a word for for and while in English we have to wait for, in Spanish it's just esper ar. See. So this girl was waiting for someone especial, someone special, and we are going to wait to find out who that is until after the break . In each episode of the scenes from the Coffee Break Cafe Pod cast. You'll enjoy listening to the story and our discussion of keywords and phrases from each chapter. But what if you could explore the language even further and take your learning to the next level? That's where the scenes online course comes For every chapter, you'll get comprehensive lesson notes, a video version of the reading, exercises, vocabulary, and even spotlight videos that help break down the key expressions and grammar points with additional examples. It's the perfect way to deepen your understanding and get even more from the story. To access this wealth of learning resources, visit coffeebreaklanguages.com slash scenes. 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Bueno , estamos esper ando a alguien especial. ¿Quién será? ¿Quién será So ESCO dicen and and as they say la primavera spring la sangre alter a So altera means to alter to change so springtime stirs the blood So de pronto, suddenly, llegó that's a preterite tense there arrived. That special someone. And alguien is a part of it very interesting because it uses like neutral . But for example, if we accompany an adjective, we can use the masculine, a sking of a neutral, not edes decir alguien guapa, tienes que decir alguien guapo. Entró con decisión. Llevaba un casco de moto en el brazo y el olor de su colonia invadió todo el local. Y el olor de su colonia invadió todo el local, and the smell of his cologne and his aftershave invaded the whole place. Me hace mucha gracia que Isabel esté tan pendiente de quién está teniendo una primera cita in su bar. Yo tengo que reconocer que cuando estoy en una cafetería o en un bar y veo a alguna pareja, siempre pienso, ¿será su primera cita o no? La verdad que no lo puedo evitar. I mean, people watching it. Mientras él buscaba con la mirada moviendo la cabeza de un lado a otro, ella se hacía la interesante mirando el móvil y sonriendo divertida. Ella se hacía la interesante So mientras él buscaba con la mirada So while he was literally looking with his look so he was looking around Um or scanning around with his eyes, moviendo la cabeza de un lado , so he was moving the head from one side to the other, so he was moving his head side to side. Cool, she was acting like she's not interested, mirando el móvil, looking at her phone, y sonriendo divertida, and she was smiling playfully or in amusement. The other thing I like here is we've got two imperfect tenses um that are balanced because while he was doing something, she was doing something else. And that's a really great use of that imperfect tense when we're talking about what was happening. En un cruce de miradas con el apuesto jovencito, aproveché para indicarle, inclinando la cabeza hacia un lado, la ubicación de su amiga. So en un cruce de miradas, so in a brief like exchange of looks con el apuesto jovencito with the handsome young man. Ubicación is an interesting word because it's it it' iss it sounds like quite a posh word, the ubication but it's there's a a verb as well. See ubicar. Ubicar. And that means to be located . Um and I guess we could also just translate it as to be. Because um how would we say, for example, the the castle is located in the vicinity of the center? So that's ubicarse. That's to be located. Volvimos a compartir miradas. Me sonrió agradecido y no pude evitar guiñarle un ojo, animándolo para su gran cita. When he finally managed to find her, we returned to share looks. So we exchanged glances again. Me sonrió, he smiled at me agradecido gratefully. He no pude evitar guiñarle un ojo, and I couldn't help but wink at him. No pregunto porque no todo el mundo se Como cuando estamos lo que estoy haciendo ahora? Sí. Eso es parpadear. Parpadear. Parpadear. So in English we have to wink and to blink. Exacto. So to wink is guiñar un ojo. And then to blink is parpadear. Una palabra muy bonita. Ok, good. Se acercó a la mesa y la saludó con un beso en la mejilla. So he went up to the table, se acercó a la mesa y la saludó, and he greeted her con un beso en la mejilla, with a kiss on the cheek. La chica With a magical sparkle in her eyes. So he sat down across from her, opposite her. So it's linked to the word bever and then the extension of that would be embeber which how would we translate that to be absorbed In each other. In each other. Muy muy cursi. Cursi. I love that word. Cursi is like Okay, well there we have a cheesy ending to our chapter today. Um lots of interesting words in this. We've had uncrude miradas, we've uh the guiñarun ojo hacerse la interesant What else have we had? Some grammar things, interesting fut ures. We've had the reflexive expressions, despedirse, hacerse la interesante again. Aún es de día, pero pronto oscurecerá. Ahora los días son más largos y eso me llena de energía posit iva. Ayer se celebró la fiesta grande del barrio. Hoy es el último día de festejos . Algunos feriantes vienen al bar a despedirse hasta el próximo año. Estos días tenemos mucho movimiento: desayunos de resaca o de fin de fiesta, almuerzos antes de ir a tomar unas copas con los amigos y bailar y cenas tardías después de un día de amigos, cantes y bailes . Son días intensos, pero de lo más alegres . Hoy he sido testigo
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