{"id":185,"date":"2009-07-20T09:49:27","date_gmt":"2009-07-20T13:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/?p=185"},"modified":"2009-07-20T09:49:27","modified_gmt":"2009-07-20T13:49:27","slug":"pedro-navaja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/pedro-navaja\/","title":{"rendered":"Pedro Navaja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Remember that song, <strong>Mack the Knife,<\/strong> the 1958 classic performed by Bobby Darin? Well, Panamanian singer\/songwriter Rub\u00e9n Blades wrote one of his greatest hits, <em>Pedro Navaja<\/em>, based on <em>Mack the Knife<\/em>. It talks about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song &#8220;Sorpresas&#8221; continues the story). Here\u2019s some vocabulary so you can understand the story.<\/p>\n<p>Tumbao (tumbado) \u2013 rhythm, strut<br \/>\nGuapos \u2013 bad boys<br \/>\nGab\u00e1n \u2013 coat<br \/>\nPa\u2019 que \u2013 so that<br \/>\nPu\u00f1al \u2013 dagger<br \/>\nSombrero de ala ancha \u2013 wide brim hat<br \/>\nZapatillas \u2013 sneakers<br \/>\nSalir volao (volado) \u2013 to flee<br \/>\nAcera \u2013 sidewalk<br \/>\nZagu\u00e1n \u2013 hallway<br \/>\nDarse un trago \u2013 to have a drink<br \/>\nFlojo \u2013 lazy<br \/>\nTo&#8217;os (todos) \u2013 everyone<br \/>\nPasar la vista \u2013 to look briefly<br \/>\nA la carrera \u2013 running<br \/>\nRefunfu\u00f1ar \u2013 to grumble<br \/>\nNo hacer pesos \u2013 not to make money<br \/>\nCargar encima \u2013to have something with you (money, gun, etc.)<br \/>\nIrle para encima a alguien \u2013 to attack someone<br \/>\nHundir \u2013 to sink; to plunge<br \/>\nDe pronto \u2013 all of a sudden<br \/>\nEstar salao\/sal\u00e1 \u2013 to be damned<br \/>\nAunque \u2013 although<\/p>\n<p>Check out the v\u00eddeo below and the lyrics <a href=\"http:\/\/letras.terra.com.br\/ruben-blades\/4316\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dmb2foAxa8U\">http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dmb2foAxa8U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now, would you know how to retell the story of what happened to Pedro Navaja and the woman?<\/p>\n<p>Looking forward to your comments!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Remember that song, Mack the Knife, the 1958 classic performed by Bobby Darin? Well, Panamanian singer\/songwriter Rub\u00e9n Blades wrote one of his greatest hits, Pedro Navaja, based on Mack the Knife. It talks about a neighborhood thug who appears to die during a robbery (his song &#8220;Sorpresas&#8221; continues the story). Here\u2019s some vocabulary so you&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/pedro-navaja\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[108],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","hentry","category-culture","category-vocabulary","tag-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/185\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/spanish\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}