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The term godín is a generic term that we use for people who work in an office.

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“El término godín es un término genérico que utilizamos para las personas que trabajan en una oficina”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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This is a little sarcastic and we do it like this because in Mexico we tend to laugh at our misfortunes.

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“Esto es un poco sarcástico y lo hacemos así porque en México tendemos a reírnos de nuestras desgracias”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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We make a little humor about what we don’t like or is sometimes difficult.

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“Hacemos un poco de humor sobre lo que no nos agrada o a veces es difícil.”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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It’s a way we have to carry our load a little lighter.

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“es una manera que tenemos de llevar un poco más ligera nuestra carga”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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A group savings pool is a kind of group savings in which people decide to contribute a certain amount of money on a weekly basis.

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“Una tanda es una especie de ahorro grupal en el cual la gente decide aportar cierta cantidad de dinero de forma semanal”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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And it is very common that people during the beginning of the year sign up to participate in these group savings pools.

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“Y es muy común que la gente durante el principio del año se anota para participar en estas tandas”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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_____ means getting together to talk about your life, your stories, or the gossip in the office.

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“Echar el chal significa reunirse para hablar sobre tu vida, tus historias, o los chismes de la oficina.”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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Another behavior is to go to the store at noon for a _____. This is some cookies, some potatoes, a soft drink. (To hold you over until you can fully eat)

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“Otro comportamiento es ir a la tiendita a medio día por un tente en pie. Esto es unas galletas, unas papas, un refresco.”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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________ is a small restaurant, almost a family kitchen, where you have four dishes, maybe three in some places, for a very modest amount of money

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“La fonda es un pequeño restaurante, casi una cocina familiar, en donde tú tienes cuatro platos, quizá tres en algunos lugares, por una cantidad muy módica de dinero”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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It varies between 60 and 100 pesos, perhaps. We’re talking about 5 dollars, maybe. It’s something very cheap.

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“varía entre 60 y 100 pesos, quizá. Estamos hablando de 5 dólares, quizá. Es algo muy barato”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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A pig is a pink animal with a curly tail

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“Un cerdo es un animalito rosita con una cola retorcida”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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_____ is you come back from eating, you went to the cheap restaurant, maybe you drank two or three glasses of water with a lot of sugar, and sugar begins to have an opposite effect on your body

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“el mal del puerco es tu regresas de comer, fuiste a la fonda, quizá tomaste dos o tres vasos de agua con mucha azúcar, y la azúcar empieza a hacer un efecto contrario en tu cuerpo”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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Another thing that is not very well seen is not to give a lift if you have a car.

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“Otra cosa que no es muy bien visto es no dar aventón si tú tienes un auto”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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Another thing that is not at all well seen is yawning or to be using your cell phone during a presentation at the meeting

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“Otra cosa que no es nada bien visto es bostezar o estar usando tu celular durante una presentación en la junta”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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There is also the suck up godin , or yes, the godin who goes every day to greet the boss, he asks him about his family

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“También está el godín barbero, o sí, el godín que todos los días pasa a saludar al jefe, le pregunta sobre su familia”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
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This person has a little more money maybe than the others or just likes to look like it

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“esta persona tiene un poco más de dinero quizá que los demás o simplemente le gusta aparentarlo”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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This person arrives with dark glasses every morning, with a Starbucks coffee telling everyone, see me, I’m very well-off

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“Esta persona llega con lentes obscuros todas las mañanas, con un café de Starbucks diciendo a todos, veanme, soy muy pudiente”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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____is another Mexican phrase that means flirting or trying to seduce another person.

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“Echar el can es otra frase mexicana que significa coquetear o intentar seducir a otra persona”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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A biweekly paycheck is a period of 15 days in which it is very common that you get your salary.

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“Una quincena es un periodo de 15 días en el cual es muy común que tú obtengas tu sueldo”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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A _____ are the Fridays we can leave early.

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“Un viernes chiquito son los viernes que podemos salir temprano”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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Well, the advantages of being a Godín are, above all, having a fixed salary. You have some benefits like a retirement savings system, social security. You also have some economic benefits like profit sharing or a Christmas bonus.”

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“Bueno, las ventajas de ser un Godín es, sobre todo, tener un sueldo fijo. Tienes algunos beneficios como un sistema para ahorrar para el retiro, seguridad social. Tienes algunos beneficios económicos como utilidades o aguinaldo.”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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Well, the advantages of being a Godín are, above all, having a fixed salary. You have some benefits like a retirement savings system, social security. You also have some economic benefits like profit sharing or a Christmas bonus.”

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“Bueno, las ventajas de ser un Godín es, sobre todo, tener un sueldo fijo. Tienes algunos beneficios como un sistema para ahorrar para el retiro, seguridad social. Tienes algunos beneficios económicos como utilidades o aguinaldo.”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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Usually he eats and it makes him sleepy and he throws himself on the floor or in the place where he is and falls asleep.

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“Normalmente come y le da sueño y se avienta en el piso o en el lugar donde esté y se duerme.”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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That’s right, so we use this term _______ to describe a person like that, who seeks to look good with other people, with the boss or something like that, to win favors or be a flatterer.

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“Así es, entonces usamos este término barbero para describir a una persona así, que busca verse bien con otras personas, con el jefe o algo así, para ganar favores o ser un adulador”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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An intern is a person who is probably still in college, but needs a part-time job or needs to do a professional internship.

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“Un becario es una persona que probablemente sigue en la universidad, pero necesita un trabajo de medio tiempo o necesita hacer prácticas profesionales.”

From How to Spanish Podcast: EP 2: LOS GODINEZ Y LAS OFICINAS EN MÉXICO, Sep 3, 2018
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-to-spanish-podcast/id1458420685?i=1000434150257
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