Do you know what a cartel is? 5 minutes of Spanish (versión en inglés) + podcast

 

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Carteles

Are we done with the billboards? What's today's podcast about?

 

Today, in podcast number 135 we will talk about a very familiar word, even familiar, I would say?

 

A familiar word... I know, we're going to talk about vocabulary like father, mother, relative... ....

 

No, we're just going to talk about the word “cartel”.

 

Oh, my goodness..... “no me asustes / do not scare me”. YouTube is going to censor us...”cártel” with accent on the a or without accent?

 

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Without an accent on the a, “cartel” is an advertisement or sheet of paper with information.

 

The word “cartel” can refer to two things: an advertisement or an organization with economic or criminal interests.

 

Let's go to the examples: The restrooms in stores always have to have a sign that says: ladies or gents.

 

 Or, women or men.

 

Well, yes. Businesses should have two restrooms and many signs indicating, for example, emergency exits, entrance, stairways, fire extinguishers, etc.

 

José abrió un nuevo restaurante, está en la esquina y tiene un cartel muy iluminado. /

Jose opened a new restaurant; it is on the corner and has a brightly lit sign.

 

El Mercado Orgánico de San José necesita un nuevo cartel, el que tiene es muy pequeño. / The San Jose Organic Market needs a new sign, the one it has is too small.

 

The Sinocan “cartel” reported that they made an agreement with the Tas “cartel”.

And the new “cartel” was formed.... “Sinocantas” ...

 

Oh please.

Is it “cartel” or “cartel”?

 

The acute word, “cartel” is the one used for informative posters or advertisements. On the other hand, “cartel” as an economic or criminal organization can be written with an accent on the a (cártel) or without an accent (cartel) as recommended by The Royal Academy.

 

It is a controversial or polemic word, at least, in recent times, for the reasons already known.

 

Well, yes. The title of the podcast is right, isn't it? Didn't it catch your attention? It's a word that millennials and centennials call.... how was the bait thing?

 

Clickbait, we talked about that today at lunch, Clickbaiting is a writing technique to get visitors to our websites and thus increase revenue and visits.

 

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And effective, but, let's get to the translations:

 

Cartel - poster, banner, sign

Cartel – Cartel

Organización delictiva- Criminal organization

Carnada - bait (this is for fishermen)

Llamar la atención - to call the attention.

Pariente- relative

 

Years ago Poster for Cooking class

There is a history of this word, but you know what, let's tell you this story on our networks, Instagram or Facebook. Because of the time thing and the bait thing ....

 

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We send it to you in a Whats App or email or e-mail.

Many students when we tell them that we have a nice “cartel” in Spanish in Cabo at the school in Mexico, they look at us in an odd way. And we tell them it's a sign...and they say Ahh.

 

But, as we saw it's a common word, if it's an informative poster you can say “afiche”, which comes from French. If it's very pretty with pictures, “poster” ... but if it's commercial, it's a “cartel”, billboard or advertisement. And, it's a word you're going to hear a lot in this context.

 

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