Un Día En Español 18: Love In The Time Of Corona

Minette grapples with the realities of relationships while Covid-19 travel restrictions make things more complicated.
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Minette is making a big move to a new country all in the name of love. But navigating the logistics of migrating to Colombia while travel is restricted due to Covid-19 threatens to undermine her determination. Will long-distance love prevail through a pandemic?

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Key Vocabulary

mudarseto move houses, to move to another country
el amorlove
el novio/la noviaboyfriend/girlfriend
el intentoattempt
la fronteraborder
el mostradorcounter
la maletasuitcase
la prueba PCRPCR test
hacer escalato have a layover
el vueloflight
llorar de rabiacry in anger
rendirseto give up
el equipajeluggage
despegarto take off
aterrizarto land
sentirse en pazto feel at peace

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.