Puntos de Vista
PDV 1: El “Phubbing”
We discuss the modern-day phenomenon of “phubbing”, an English combination of “snub” + “phone”, that is starting to be used in Spanish.
Lis Salinas
Colombiana
Rob
Inglés
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Welcome to Puntos de Vista: Points of View, with Rob and Lis from Spanish Obsessed. In each episode of this series we'll take one article about current affairs, or some kind of hot topic, and we'll give our punto de vista, our point of view. We'll also pull out interesting vocabulary and phrases and discuss those. It's all in Spanish and is good for those learning from around intermediate level and up. You can listen to the audio for free, and Spanish Obsessed gold members get access to the full transcription, downloads, and extra analysis alongside much, much more. Head over to SpanishObsessed.com/memberships for more information. In today's podcast we discuss a new phenomenon called "phubbing". Lis, ¿te sientes pegada a veces al celular?
TranslationLis, do you sometimes feel stuck to your phone?
La verdad. ¿Por qué? Gracias al consejo de Rob tengo un súper teléfono, un teléfono inteligente como lo último en teléfonos, tecnología y ahora siento que lo quiero llevar para todo lado y lo tengo que revisar. Antes tenía mi iPhone y no tenía mucho, mucha capacidad. Entonces estaba muy limitada de aplicaciones. Pero ahora ese teléfono tengo de todo. Entonces que Linkedin, que lo uno que lo otro.
TranslationThe truth. Why? Thanks to Rob's advice I have a super phone, a smart phone like the latest phones, technology and now I feel like I want to take it everywhere and I have to check it. I used to have my iPhone and it didn't have a lot, a lot of capacity. So I was very limited in apps. But now that phone I have everything. So Linkedin, this, that, and the other
Yo me siento igual porque tengo el mismo celular nuevo que es super moderno. El mejor con pantalla gigante y es muy bueno. Es demasiado bueno porque paso todo mi tiempo con el celular, ahora, con el móvil
TranslationI feel the same because I have the same new mobile phone which is super modern. The best one with a big screen and it's really good. It's too good because I spend all my time with my mobile, now, with my mobile phone.