Un Día En Español 19: My Friend Chelo

An Italian teacher in Mexico City learns that sometimes the most special friendships can take many different forms.
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Laura, an Italian teacher in Mexico City, forms an unexpected friendship with one of her students. Along the way, she learns just how important it is to cherish meaningful relationships because nothing is guaranteed forever.

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Key Vocabulary

trabajar comoto work as
estar jubilado/ato be retired
estar enfermo/ato be sick
estar sano/ato be healthy
el chingón/la chingonabadass
animarto encourage
la promesapromise
el cuadernonotebook
cuidar de alguiento take care of someone
el abuelo/la abuelagrandfather/grandmother
charlarto chat
en líneaonline
la videollamadavideo call
débilweak
fallecerto pass away
fuertestrong
gratificantefulfilling
el homenajehomage

Dynamic Transcript

Show Notes

Un día en español is produced by the language experts at Babbel. The show is hosted by Sebastian Escobar. Editing and sound design by Iván Simonovis Pertiñez. Our producers are Carmela López, David Doochin, Laure Cesari and Ted Mentele.

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David Doochin

David is a content producer for Babbel USA, where he writes for Babbel Magazine and oversees Babbel's presence on Quora. He’s a native of Nashville and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied linguistics and history. Before Babbel he worked at Quizlet and Atlas Obscura. A geek for grammar and an editorial enthusiast, he speaks Spanish (and dabbles in German, Dutch, Afrikaans and Italian). When he’s not curating his Instagram meme collection, you can find him spending too much money on food and exploring new cities around the world.

David is a content producer for Babbel USA, where he writes for Babbel Magazine and oversees Babbel's presence on Quora. He’s a native of Nashville and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he studied linguistics and history. Before Babbel he worked at Quizlet and Atlas Obscura. A geek for grammar and an editorial enthusiast, he speaks Spanish (and dabbles in German, Dutch, Afrikaans and Italian). When he’s not curating his Instagram meme collection, you can find him spending too much money on food and exploring new cities around the world.